On 10/15/04 1:06 PM, "George Goff" <THX0001@AOL.COM> wrote:

> In a message dated 10/15/04 2:41:22 PM, wetwesty@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO writes:
> 
> << The same can be said of VW parts being sold.  It isnt
> 
> where they are being made but to whose quality standards they are being
> 
> made. >>
> 
> How naive.  Standards don't mean a thing without vigilant scrutiny.  I saw
> this some years ago in a consulting job I did at a factory which produced
> railroad brake beams.  The manufacturing of these components are regulated and
> certified by the FTC because they are vital to railroad safety.  The dumbshit
> plant
> manager had gone to China where he was sucked into buying their junk raw
> castings.  Oh, the goods came with all the requisite documentation certifying
> the
> production from the time it was molten metal, but the paper had no more
> veracity than what you unreel as you are sitting on the crapper.  Apparently,
> you
> got to watch those Chinese like a hawk or else they're gonna slip one in on
> you.
> 
> 
> George
> 
> 
Years ago while stationed in okinawa I worked part time for a local computer
company (made PC clones based on V20 chip).  Our boards were gotten from a
Taiwanese plant.  We got a really bad batch in and the replacements were
just as bad. The boss sent me and the Okinawan senior tech to taiwan to
personally visit the plant.  We arrived unannounced and the plant manager
had a severe heart attack when we asked to visit the line that was in
production on that day making our next batch of boards.  Seems the inspector
for that section had retired and not been replaced yet.  They were going out
with no quality checks.  Turned out that same section also made the boards
for our two top competitors as well.  We called them and found we were all
getting uninspected crap instead of our normal high quality boards. I know
our company went into renegotiation of contracts and I think the other two
did as well.  What is good one day may be crap the next.

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