I work in medical devices and we have a lot of that. We have tons of tedious processes that take a lot of time and don’t improve the product at all. Often they

I work in medical devices and we have a lot of that. We have tons of tedious processes that take a lot of time and don’t improve the product at all. Often they prevent fixing of problems. When you ask why things are that way the answer usually is “the FDA requires it”. But often when you read the latest regulations things it’s easy to see ways to improve our processes and still be compliant. I think the problem is that the company has found something that works in an acceptable manner and there is a big risk that any change will have unforeseen consequences so people stick to what works, no matter how badly. There is another set of internal rules that clearly make life of one function easier at the expense of others. Again, these are very hard to challenge.