tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post9020031076730142463..comments2024-01-05T12:03:52.460-05:00Comments on No Lawyers - Only Guns and Money: The R51 Debacle Coming Home To Roost?John Richardsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03151468462458613615noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-49157217561012882062015-11-15T01:55:26.551-05:002015-11-15T01:55:26.551-05:00Always play to your strengths, and minimize your w...Always play to your strengths, and minimize your weaknesses. Remington lost their way, long ago..The R51 is a big black eye, and the last straw..( or 'nail in the coffin'..)gbeecherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05609887225401823020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-55097627610828188042015-11-15T01:54:50.685-05:002015-11-15T01:54:50.685-05:00Always play to your strengths, and minimize your w...Always play to your strengths, and minimize your weaknesses. Remington lost their way, long ago..The R51 is a big black eye, and the last straw..( or 'nail in the coffin'..)gbeecherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05609887225401823020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-65626526465559100832015-08-14T21:44:07.830-04:002015-08-14T21:44:07.830-04:00BMW and Mercedes-Benz both trust Southern chimps t...BMW and Mercedes-Benz both trust Southern chimps to put their world renowned cars together.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-25822250266425396632015-06-13T08:24:46.851-04:002015-06-13T08:24:46.851-04:00Because that way of thought has worked ever so wel...Because that way of thought has worked ever so well for Detroit, California, Maryland...<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-58977583465511321792015-06-12T03:15:45.903-04:002015-06-12T03:15:45.903-04:00I worked for a small company that made some small ...I worked for a small company that made some small volume parts for GM. Now and then we would get a special job, which was actually the company's bread-and-butter; the other stuff kept the doors open but the special jobs made the profit. Then we lost the main business because a Japanese company could do it- literally- a nickel per part cheaper. <br />50 people out of work overnight. Most of us got other jobs quickly enough but the company shut down permanently.<br />The "special jobs" we used to do had to be contracted out to another company at twice the price.<br />Financial geniuses, they are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-18864705092458666162015-06-11T20:29:10.259-04:002015-06-11T20:29:10.259-04:00You build your sh!++y cars and Colt 1911s up north...You build your sh!++y cars and Colt 1911s up north, and the "chimps" down south will build F-22s and nuclear warheads.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-87204059607068971512015-06-11T14:16:20.197-04:002015-06-11T14:16:20.197-04:00Every one seems to champion the business that bust...Every one seems to champion the business that busts the union and moves to free land down south, now the ghosts of this philosophy haunts them. You read the propaganda from the CNC company, that the machine will spit out quality parts and all you have to do is hire some chimp to put then together, well that is not always the case. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-42625208503789349662015-06-10T23:22:57.118-04:002015-06-10T23:22:57.118-04:00In my experience, guys who make deals, rarely like...In my experience, guys who make deals, rarely like to build things. Building stuff isn't flashy. (And I have seen this in both my investments, and in the places I have worked.)<br /><br />The quality (or the devil) is in the details. And even the purchasing agents can foul up the works by changing the supplier on a key part. (But we saved 10 cents on every thousand items... too bad they didn't work so well.) <br /><br />Building quality stuff also isn't flashy. Especially if you are building something like the 700 that really shouldn't have changed very much in years. Or in decades. (If ain't broke... is not something that they want to hear.) How do you generate thrills for the investors? Or get your name in the news? Or whatever? You get your name in the news by doing mergers and acquisitions. By racing a new product to market, or talking about the changes to "this year's model." Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com