I just made a program that has 43 minutes run time. That's the longest I have ever done for a single part. I did a Zeiss program that was 9 hours but it was for 20 parts at the same time. What is some of your run times?
If I was allowed 2-3 weeks to write a program that would be amazing. Most of the time I am lucky to get 3 hours. CMM use here is a brand new thing and upper man just does not see the value in it yet.