Experiences made in China
Western enterprises have lots of problems with production in China. The following report was related to me:
Deliveries from Chinese factories often have substandard quality. Up to 30 % of the incoming products cannot directly be used in the (automated) assembly lines. You have to return the deficient parts and then you have to deal with all sorts of trouble by the deliverymen. That is the western method.
The Chinese have a different solution to the problem. Parallel with the fully automated assembly line, they operate a second line, the “manual-industrial” line. This is where those parts in from delivery end up that do not precisely fit. Doing it manually, they manage to do readjustments where necessary.
Of course, this is only possible because in China, labour – relative to the other expenses – costs practically nothing.
RMD
(Translated by EG)
P.S.
The China experiences have been related to me personally, so for me they are second-hand. For more information, just enter „China“ in the IF blog search engine.
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