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Re: Is anything still made in the USA???
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Posted by DickTN on January 26, 2005 at 09:57:15 from (68.84.82.78):
In Reply to: Re: Is anything still made in the USA??? posted by Coloken on January 26, 2005 at 08:13:33:
Coloken, I must respectfully disagree with you. I am a retired GM project engineer. The last project that I handled was a braze furnace job (about 200K, as I recall). The job was, of course, put out for bid. AFTER the job was let, I happened to be in the purchasing agent's (read beancounter)office. He called the company to which the job was let and told them that they had to lower their price 10%. I argued that the project would suffer quality problems and was told to leave the office, because that was HIS decision, not mine. The furnace came in and the muffle began leaking in 6 months. The supplier had to use a lower quality muffle to meet price. Naturally, the engineer (me) was blamed for specifying an inferior product and the purchasing agent was promoted for doing such a wonderful job. I look in the mirror and I do NOT see a beancounter looking back at me. I see a frustrated engineer who was not allowed to do the job that would ensure quality and longevity of the project. End of story.
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