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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 716675" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>I wouldn't say that, but giving in quality for the almighty return on the dollar invested to make the stock holders happy (thus saving your butt). I've watched this over and over in all kinds of industrial aps thru the years, and down the road they all loose their butts. </p><p> </p><p>Years back most of American and Canadian heavy industry operated on short term big profits with the grand idea that the product line would be long gone before everything caught up to them. I seriously doubt the Mike Walker planned on building five million Mod. 700 Remingtons when the design was just a basic blue print. China also operates on the same principal and down the road they will pay dearly. On the otherhand the typical Japanese industrial application works just the opposite in that they think lower returns for much longer terms. The first third of the time frame makes them look bad, but the last 50% makes them really look good in the auditor's eyes. Now we see a large amount of heavy industry in North America in a panic mode to change their ways of thought. Yet the tools have always been in place, but we just ignored them to appease the stock holders lust for bigger returns.</p><p> </p><p>So can Remington be saved from a slow and painfull death? Yes it can. Their engineering is pretty sound in it's design. But now they have to meet certain competetors face to face where as before they didn't. What needs to happen at Remington is for engineering to take over manufacturing again. Move the bean counters off site, and start over. Perhaps they should shut all their operations down for six months to a year and retool and start all over with a staff that's upto speed. Implement Edwards Demming's ideas to run a business, and after three lean years watch the world beat a path to their door. A 40 million dollar invest will make a hundred million a year for them yearly as it prooves itself out. This is going to happen anyway wether their staff likes it or not, or they'll simply piece it out to somebody that knows how to turn profits without giving up quality. It's not rocket science, and believe me the owners know this upfront.</p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 716675, member: 25383"] I wouldn't say that, but giving in quality for the almighty return on the dollar invested to make the stock holders happy (thus saving your butt). I've watched this over and over in all kinds of industrial aps thru the years, and down the road they all loose their butts. Years back most of American and Canadian heavy industry operated on short term big profits with the grand idea that the product line would be long gone before everything caught up to them. I seriously doubt the Mike Walker planned on building five million Mod. 700 Remingtons when the design was just a basic blue print. China also operates on the same principal and down the road they will pay dearly. On the otherhand the typical Japanese industrial application works just the opposite in that they think lower returns for much longer terms. The first third of the time frame makes them look bad, but the last 50% makes them really look good in the auditor's eyes. Now we see a large amount of heavy industry in North America in a panic mode to change their ways of thought. Yet the tools have always been in place, but we just ignored them to appease the stock holders lust for bigger returns. So can Remington be saved from a slow and painfull death? Yes it can. Their engineering is pretty sound in it's design. But now they have to meet certain competetors face to face where as before they didn't. What needs to happen at Remington is for engineering to take over manufacturing again. Move the bean counters off site, and start over. Perhaps they should shut all their operations down for six months to a year and retool and start all over with a staff that's upto speed. Implement Edwards Demming's ideas to run a business, and after three lean years watch the world beat a path to their door. A 40 million dollar invest will make a hundred million a year for them yearly as it prooves itself out. This is going to happen anyway wether their staff likes it or not, or they'll simply piece it out to somebody that knows how to turn profits without giving up quality. It's not rocket science, and believe me the owners know this upfront. gary [/QUOTE]
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