I imagine something along the lines of ...
BOSS: Production and rework desparately need a floating RTD simulator. Get moving!. OP: Jardi says that'll be $18000 plus 10 weeks for an engineered solution. BOSS: F*** that!. Product is piling up and now the repair people have started screaming. OP: I've a Vectrol idea that might help. BOSS: I've rethought the spec'. Looks like a functional test will be OK. Look into that Vectrol thing. OP: We can give you floating resistance to +/- 5% within 2 weeks and next to no cost. BOSS: TFFT. Make it so! OP: You remember that salary increase I mentioned? ...