[Spridgets] Chinese Manufacturers

[brian S]

Was watching a show on Speed the other day about the US Army sponsored, Tony
Schumacher driven, Top Fuel Dragster team.
As the were panning around the pit area, I got a glimpse of the 55 gal drum of
Nitromethane.
Plain as day on the middle of the drum - Made in China....VP fuels.
Doubt that those guys would put up with crappy quality.

Funny thing is that China CAN make good quality, if as others have said it it
spec'ed and inspected,
 but it will ultimately cost the US consumer almost as much as a US made
piece.
Got to keep those profits and stock prices high!!!

Brian S.
Bugeyeracer finally resto'ed!



> Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 08:25:24 -0700
> From: soavero at yahoo.com
> To: spridgets at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Chinese Manufacturers
>
> Anyone go to the KIC at Road America yesterday and see the Fiat engined
Speedwell Sprite? End of LBC content...
>
> I have closely dealt with China as a manufacturer on a somewhat small basis
(I have never sent one job to China, I will say). It does not matter what you
specify - you go to China because you mass produce. When you mass produce, you
cannot inspect every unit, no matter how sophisticated your inspection
equipment. You have to do lot testing. This means you operate under the
assumption of 6 sigma process control, and if 1 is good, they're all good. It
doesn't always (ever?) work out. You can get hurt big time (the same thing can
happen in Detroit or Tokyo, by the way...read the newspapers). Something like
a one-off or limited volume run where you can watch closely and control
quality (insert guitar here), you actually pull off good quality, but without
the economic benefit.
>
> Companies (some real big ones) are starting to pull out of China because of
cost and quality. Cost is rising because the workers starting to get a whiff
of capitalism and demanding higher pay. Also the government is no longer
valuing their currency to the value of a dollar. China's political stability
is risky, which makes it a tough place to consider for long term investment in
currencies. Our debt (thank you Barry O for really putting it into the
stratosphere) endangers the dollar as being used as the standard in
International trade deals, but it still is - NOT the Yuan. Does this mean the
jobs are coming back to the US? A few, yes. Most, not yet. The economic
balance is so delicate it is incredible, or it would be very simple to just
provide economic incentive to do business here. I could get very
inappropriately political right now, but we need an administration that
actually likes US businesses, especially small entrepreneurial ones, and uses
smart
>  enough guys to figure out that balance. They're out there, but I digress.
>
> China is starting to outsource to Vietnam and Laos to address the cost
issue. Very complex stuff that can't get solved in an email.
>
> Too hot to LBC, and I really need to finish the last hour of prep for Joliet
race next weekend -
>
> Ron
> __________________