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USAussie
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Registered: July 2007
Location: Sydney, Australia
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Bob,
This echoes what I was saying about the Xian Aircraft Factory.
Another anecdote from my Hong Kong days; British Aerospace had a contract
with the Harbin Aircraft Factory to make doors for the BAE 146. The contract
called for 20 ship sets of doors (a ship set is the quantity required for
one aircraft).
When the doors were done BA inspected them and found a number of the doors
did not meet the specs and refused to pay them.
The HAF said well just pay us for the ones that meet the spec. BA again told
them NO! The contract was for 20 ship sets and since it's kinda hard to
deliver aircraft without doors you will have to deliver 20 ship sets that
meet the spec.
There was much weeping and gnashing of teeth on the Chinese side but they
did manage to build 20 ship sets that all met the specs!
I think you would be hard pressed to find a Red Chinese (Communist)
now-a-days; they're all Socialist Market Economists! A clever term as the
government that had been condemning Capitalism since 1949 could hardly call
their "new" system that; it would be a MASSIVE loss of face!
Regards,
Rob M.
USAussie - Downunder
AUS '75 Avion - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
USA '75 Avion - Double Trouble TZE365V100426
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[mailto:gmclist-bounces@temp.gmcnet.org] On Behalf Of Bob de Kruyff
Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2011 2:27 PM
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Cheap Air Compressor
""I would not shop there.
We get plenty parts from RED China without any choice.
Were having troubles with brake parts from them.
My suggestion to the Red Chinese: "Stick to COOKING"
""
I truly understand the sentiment, but I do have a bit of a different view.
If you have good performance specs and you hold the supplier accountable, my
experience has been that China or India or any off shore supplier will give
you good parts. We have become lazy with regard to specifying what we want.
The American supply chain more or less has spoiled us in that they know what
we expect. This is not true of many oversees suppliers, but frankly that is
more "our" fault than the supplier. GM builds upscale Cadillac STS stretched
cars in China and Russia that far eclipse the quality of units built
locally--it's all about specifications.
--
Bob de Kruyff
78 Eleganza
Chandler, AZ
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Regards,
Rob M. (USAussie)
The Pedantic Mechanic
Sydney, Australia
'75 Avion - AUS - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
'75 Avion - USA - Double Trouble TZE365V100426
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