The cost of quality comes from BAD quality: rejects, returns, reputation, time.
IF you get it right it saves a lot of money and grief. But like my ex-company, quality control and policing was always an afterthought.
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Craig wrote:No matter where a product is made, it comes down to quality control
Stan Doff wrote:With the cheaper lenses maybe one in ten were tested and the baseline for performance was lower.
Keithgrif wrote:The cost of quality comes from BAD quality: rejects, returns, reputation, time.
IF you get it right it saves a lot of money and grief. But like my ex-company, quality control and policing was always an afterthought.
anOldMan wrote:At the end of my working career, I was involved in testing (company label – Quality Assurance). When a new product is developed there is a time estimated for development, a time allotted for construction and what is left before the product went to market was for testing. So the chance of a marginally test product going to market was very high. The company I work for is no different that any other manufacturing company out there.
But truthfully, why should they be. Does the public really care about quality or cost. My generation was the first to hear and live with the marketing philosophy of “planned obsolescence”. It got to the point that if a product, say a car, lasted more than 5 years, we started to brag about it.
Today, the cost of bring a product to market is king. “Share holder” profit is the corporate mantra. The customer just lives with what is out there and tries to get the best value(?) for money that he or she can find.
Craig wrote:Er, isn't that what kite shops are for, you buy a E3 something breaks you go back to the kite shop.
I doubt there's anything inherently wrong with any of the Prism products, just the stitching on some of the kites look like it was done by a blind man, not that the kite will fail or anything and you wouldn't even notice from 10 feet, but........................
damp_weather wrote:Yes. Skyshark and Apa for the more up-market models. DIY cutting skills etc. required. Most of this forum may be used to that. But many people aren't.
Craig wrote:damp_weather wrote:Yes. Skyshark and Apa for the more up-market models. DIY cutting skills etc. required. Most of this forum may be used to that. But many people aren't.
I'd reckon you're in a tiny minority, tell you what, you need a rod cutting just tell me the length and I'll do it for you, a quid a cut how's that, cheaper than postage from Seattle
damp_weather wrote:Especially if you can take care of the stoppers as well? Prism ones are usually heat shrunk and glued on.
damp_weather wrote:Returning to Prism - What could they do to ensure a better quality product?