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Posted by Greywolf on January 22, 2004 at 05:51:11 from (209.23.142.41):
In Reply to: outrageous prices posted by J.D.Green on January 21, 2004 at 20:21:15:
Not trying to start anything here, but think about it for a bit. I believe JD still has a policy that i f 1 part is ordered throughout the year, that part number is still maintained as a valid number. Granted the below isn't for a screw, but the picture is painted anyway. Put in what ever value you want for labor rates. What does a US factory worker get for pay scale? Doesn't make a difference if it's JD or Joe Blow Manufacturing. Tooling set up 1/4 hour..........
Tooling part 1/2 hour ............
Floor personel to stock part......
Data entry person for invent cntrl..
Floor personel to retreive part....
Packing personel...................
Forklift opertor...................
Dock Supervisor....................
Shipping cost......................
Dealer personel for stocking........
Partsman............................
Bookkeepping personel for dealer.... Add in the profit margin (even if it's a reasonable one) for the various different company's involved. Add in the actual equipment costs to make the part. They just don't drop out of the sky. Just like us, we have to buy the equipment to begin with. US personel will supposedly offer a higher quality product than off shore workers. If it's off shore, don't forget the over sea ship shipping charge, the dock workers, etc that will add charges between manufacturer and JD. All the different personel that are involved with labor charges add up quite fast. Now put in the cost of raw material to make the part in the first place. We have to take our pick....buy USA?????? or buy imported????? If we maintain we have to buy USA, we can't complain about the price. If we buy imported...we can't complain about quaility. Sorry to say, it just isn't possible in todays world to have both. Not putting blame on anyone, just stating what is bascially fact.
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