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Hey - Cork It Already!
A)The south blames the north for being uncompetative.
B) The North (and a lot of other folks) hang the blame on labor costs and quality issues
C) Labor blames it on the engineers who design the vehicles. Afterall, they build what has been designed. If they build it with zero defects and it leaves that plant in tact -they're off the hook
D) The new owne buys and drives the car for 4 years and something significant breaks.
E) The vehicle breaks down at 60K miles. The Dealer Repair shop charges the customer a ton of money to fix it with the same shoddy parts that broke down to begin with.
F) The customer's perception on labor and quality arte reinforced
G) The auto company complaint department gets a nasty call from an irate customer and emphatically states that it will never happen again
H) The new vehicle year starts up (actually the car was designed several years earlier) and is priced by bean counters to show a ROI and profit margin
I) Executive bean counters state they need to get better profits and ask Engineering to re-engineer it using cheaper parts, thinner metal, imported parts or a bunch of stuff in between. (These better profits are supposed to go to the legacy retirement costs, and to show Wall Street good numbers for the quarter.) Shareholders and Retirees rejoice and are Happy!
J) The car is repriced for the target market it's supposed to fill.
K) The engineering changes and design is finalized and sent to production
L)Go back to Step C and Start Over Again.
I think that covers it. Any Questions?
Oops - I forgot to add, Environmentally Active Elected Officials throw the Auto Industry Under the Bus - when they're business model of tax and spend is full of waste too.
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