On 4/10/2012 3:19 PM, Mike Marlow wrote:
Swingman wrote:
On 4/10/2012 1:01 PM, Mike Marlow wrote:

To put all profit oriented
thoughts into some bucket called MBA think is very short sighted.

And who do you know who did that? Or are you just following Jack's
erroneous assumption instead of reading for yourself?

(Hint: You might want to check out the _context_ of my first reply)

Maybe just my reaction but it seems that the phrase MBA-think has sort of
taken over here as the catch-all phrase. It's not so much that anyone
person did so, as it is the preponderance of the use of that term as the
blame for everything.

IIRC, the discussion was specifically about companies, once known for
quality products, to which the term arguably applies: starting with
Ryobi, but equally applicable to The Rockwell's, The Delta's, The
Stanley's, The Porter Cables, The Craftsman tools, et al.

ALL to whom the following applies:

~ Acquisition_ of a trusted _brand name_ previously known for innovation
and quality engineering.

~ Negating any previous "build quality" in the product by rigorous
_price point engineering_ .

~ Manufacturing same product as cheaply as possible by use of cheap
materials, and low cost, unskilled labor.

~ Marketing, thru clever, deceptive advertising to the ignorant
unsuspecting by relying solely upon the previous reputation of the brand
for a quality which no longer exists, and for whatever the market will bear.


Jack either missed the point ... any argument that the above has NOT
happened to each of the listed companies, plus many more, is denying
reality ... or Jack is in denial.

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