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dukeboy_318 said:
Not wrong, but that’s not the whole story either. A HUGE part of the labor shift besides just it being cheaper was /is the available, young work force. China being the largest population, had an ungodly number of available workers and those were willing to work in crappy conditions.

that said, China as well as Japan will be having a major demographic problem in the next couple decades. Both of their populations have aged so dramatically due to the stringent population controls ongoing since the 1940s that there are actually more people dying or aging out of the work force in China than there are young people to replace them. Japan is the same way
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Chris you sound so smart. Sometimes!!:poke:
 
Mopar Tim said:
Chris you sound so smart. Sometimes!!:poke:
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Hahaha and I didn’t pull that off Google or Wikipedia like some either :rofl:


I really learned a crap ton during my MBA program that led me to want to know more. Believe it or not, I’m actually actively trying to convince on of the nations leading demographic researchers to let me help him on his next project. He pointed me to a lot of good data sources during my Grad thesis so we have an open dialogue still.​
 
dukeboy_318 said:
Let me clarify, it’s not that the product itself is junk, it’s the QC process. I deal with QC daily and with companies all over the globe, in 60 plus countries, those 3 countries have the absolute worst QC protocols of all. And it’s not a single supplier from those countries, it’s generally all of them. I think it’s a cultural thing. For those three countries, it’s widely accepted to have a large defect rate because labor and material is so much cheaper than having to pay for the expensive QC processes.
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It is and itsn't.
Arguably some of the best 'smart phones' in the world are made in red China. The QC practices depend on the company back in wherever their engineering is, and goes right through product engineeing and manufacturing. We had it good when the majority of our raw materials and designs were overkill to begin with - most of those countries never had that, and of course we've lost most of what we had.
 
Y’all’s so funny!
Then im laughing and have to clue in the wife.
And of course explain how it started.
And i e-mailed champion,told them what i think of their product. 3 times in 3 years. 2x center electrode floating around, now this.
 
Mattax said:
It is and itsn't.
Arguably some of the best 'smart phones' in the world are made in red China. The QC practices depend on the company back in wherever their engineering is, and goes right through product engineeing and manufacturing. We had it good when the majority of our raw materials and designs were overkill to begin with - most of those countries never had that, and of course we've lost most of what we had.
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You’re not wrong. That’s what is so confusing. Electronic wise, the Asian companies stuff generally speaking are very good. But get to mechanical stuff, even steel, and The QC starts falling off.
 
Mattax said:
It is and itsn't.
Arguably some of the best 'smart phones' in the world are made in red China. The QC practices depend on the company back in wherever their engineering is, and goes right through product engineeing and manufacturing. We had it good when the majority of our raw materials and designs were overkill to begin with - most of those countries never had that, and of course we've lost most of what we had.
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The global top smart phone company is Samsung which came from South Korea. Chinese brands sell the majority of their brands within China and they limit foreign competition so the Chinese brands stay isolated to China.

We should be doing that here with our brands.
 
This damn image has made me crazy for 5 years trying to rebuild and restore it.

It was the cover of the November 1968 Dodge News Magazine for the Scat Pack.

The only image of it I could ever find was this postage stamp size crappy one...

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I gave up ever finding a good image to work from and have been slowly redrawing it by hand. Today I finally got it to a decent place. Still not done yet, but good enough to share...

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Speaking of mechanical parts, anyone else seeing part shortages at the parts stores? All the ones around me are telling me there having trouble getting parts. I guess their regional distributors are heavily rationing supplies because of the coronavirus having ports and factories closed over there in China
 
Ddaddy said:
This damn image has made me crazy for 5 years trying to rebuild and restore it.

It was the cover of the November 1968 Dodge News Magazine for the Scat Pack.

The only image of it I could ever find was this postage stamp size crappy one...

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I gave up ever finding a good image to work from and have been slowly redrawing it by hand. Today I finally got it to a decent place. Still not done yet, but good enough to share...

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I think the pic I sent you was a big challenge. I was going to ask how it's going, but I didn't want to seem like I'm bugging. :eek:
 
dukeboy_318 said:
You’re not wrong. That’s what is so confusing. Electronic wise, the Asian companies stuff generally speaking are very good. But get to mechanical stuff, even steel, and The QC starts falling off.
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Not that confusing. Most of their steel wasn't great to begin with and they have little incentive to provide better for exports. Whether through ignorance or uncaring doesn't matter. If the specs don't call it out, or the agreed QC doesn't insure it, then they use or do whatever to 'get the job done.' I see this all the time. People in charge who beleive everything can be done by contract and specs. The only way to make that work is with an organization with the skills and knowledge to cover every little detail, and then enforce it (and maybe reward it too). In reality its often better just to hire someone who knows what they are doing.
 
Rainy Day Auto said:
I think the pic I sent you was a big challenge. I was going to ask how it's going, but I didn't want to seem like I'm bugging. :eek:
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I haven’t seen it. Are you sure you sent it to the right email address? PM me and I will give it to you again.
 
Rainy Day Auto said:
The global top smart phone company is Samsung which came from South Korea. Chinese brands sell the majority of their brands within China and they limit foreign competition so the Chinese brands stay isolated to China.

We should be doing that here with our brands.
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Samsung is a top global cell phone manufacturer. That doesn't mean I-phones are not one the best smart phones in the world. (No I don't have one)
 
dukeboy_318 said:
Speaking of mechanical parts, anyone else seeing part shortages at the parts stores? All the ones around me are telling me there having trouble getting parts. I guess their regional distributors are heavily rationing supplies because of the coronavirus having ports and factories closed over there in China
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Makes perfect sense. Wait. This is the tip of the iceberg. Once the world gets a handle on the virus then the recovery can begin. Will take a long time to get caught up with all the goods.
 
A couple more images from my continual rework file. Did some work on them today.

Almost ready for large format printing and framing...

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