Re: American Auto Industry

Posted by PackardV8 On 2008/10/12 19:41:20

We need to be a bit tolerant of Packardv12fan. He can't help it because he's a lawyer.

Not sure how he insulted any Lincolns tho. I'm a little slow to catch onto insults anyway even when directed at ME.

As for the American quality issues and price issues i really can not rationalize any blame on labor unions for it.

The rank and file do NOT design the products. Mostly the rank and file are assembly workers NOT engineers or designers or marketers. Rank and file are predominantly low skill workers with the exception of a few Master craftsmen in the R&D labs and maybe drafting. ONE exception was Chrysler during the pre-LAI decades where UAW entered into supervision and maybe even some low level management. Chrysler had bigger problems than unions: Corporate INCEST.


I like this statement:
" When our salesmen lost an order, it was always "because we can't sell any cheaper", so since it wasn't because of extra metal, switches and motors what else is left."

Find out what the SAME equipment sells for in Mexico.
Medical equipment???? Wanna talk medical eq.???
PRice a 350 lb limit Hoyer patient lift at about $1200.00. THEN go price a 2 ton engine hoist at about $600. Analyze THAT!! Whats that extra $600 for anyway??? THE CHEAP ASS chrome on the Hoyer???

How about a handicap Xfer bench??? I've had to modify at least 6 different such benches with toilet seats just so the patients could wash their ass.

Don't get me started on DME. Now if u want to find eng'ring and marketing scams at exhorbant cost just look at the DME industry. I've bought and mofified too god damned much DME to have any respect for any technical skill in that industry of manufacturing.