Sloppy china practices (example)

[Leon]

Made in China, but with Japanese ass kicking.http://www.seasonicusa.com

A lot of Japanese equipment is made in China.

Leon

 

[krw]

On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:14:38 -0700, the renowned John Larkin


What a terrible name though. Kind of like this one:
http://www.sure-fire.com.tw/

How about the PC power supply maker "Sparkle"? Then there's always
"Lucky Goldstar", now just LG.

 

[SP]

A lot of Japanese equipment is made in China.

Leon

Japanese management of their China (and other offshore) operations is
pretty good from what I hear. They're famous for micromanaging their
auto parts suppliers in North America. There is a HUGE difference
between investing in a manufactruring operation in another country and
just contracting some local company to build something for you with
little or no oversight (eg. at least one US bench power supply
'manufacturer'). I guess it's just too tempting to buy something with
your name on it that looks about the right size and shape and
nominally works for $20 and sell it for $100 ($200 retail) compared to
actually ensuring that the quality is there on every single unit
(which might cost an extra $5 or $10).

 

[mpm]

You know, another way to look at this offshoring/quality thing is
this...

It turns out "there is more money in designing a shoe than in actually
making it: Nike, Dell, and Boeing can get paid for thinking while
subcontracted factories in developing countries do the grunt work and
engineers in cultured and mathematical states do the noncreative
technical grind."

Kind of makes you wonder.....
If anyone is interested, that quote is from my current reading list:
The Black Swan, The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nicholas Taleb.

NPR Interview here:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10300687

-mpm

 

[Jeff Liebermann]

How about the PC power supply maker "Sparkle"? Then there's always
"Lucky Goldstar", now just LG.

Then, there is the "Dae-Young" of Korea, which made Samsung hard
disks.
<http://802.11junk.com/jeffl/pics/drivel/slides/dae-young.html>
True to it's name, the hard disks did. The company is still around
but I guess is now part of Drey-Dung, which is not much of an
improvement in naming.
<http://dyelc93.com/eng/m01/m01.php>

 

[Eeyore]

You know, another way to look at this offshoring/quality thing is
this...

It turns out "there is more money in designing a shoe than in actually
making it: Nike, Dell, and Boeing can get paid for thinking while
subcontracted factories in developing countries do the grunt work and
engineers in cultured and mathematical states do the noncreative
technical grind."

Kind of makes you wonder.....
If anyone is interested, that quote is from my current reading list:
The Black Swan, The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nicholas Taleb.

NPR Interview here:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10300687

All of which is fine while the Chinese (et al) are happy just to do
manufacturing.

Once they develop their own R&D we're basically out of a job.

Graham

 

[Chris Jones]

On 12 Jul 2007 15:59:14 GMT, in sci.electronics.design

how about
http://es.geocities.com/mart_in_medina/warninglabel1.jpg


martin

Yeah, just try taking THAT piece of equipment on an aircraft!