[jddil]

No idea if this is you but the number of times I've seen an over eager employee (usually more junior but not always) think they've stumbled upon a great solution to a problem but really they were just missing some details is very high ... we are a very overconfident bunch.

> As I understand it, significant time is spent on the manual part of it all.

Get more details about the problem space before doing anything else.

[iamhamm]

Years ago I was in the US merchant marine and a very enterprising young deckhand joined my crew and figured out a “much faster process to get the power plant fired up.” Well, after we got the fire extinguished there was about $600k in damage and he was back to being a landlubber. Sometimes talking with more experienced colleagues is good before striking out on a new adventure.