Knock Down Kit from a suitcase...

[Deleted member 149005]

Jaguar Land Rover 'shipping parts in suitcases'

you couldn't make it up....

 

[Larkone]

Do the suitcases have to go through two weeks quarantine?

 

[Mr. B]

Jaguar Land Rover 'shipping parts in suitcases'

you couldn't make it up....

Actually in the 60’s you could fit ‘A man in a suitcase’.

I’ll get my coat.

 

[st13phil]

The most salient statement in the linked article, and one that will have gone straight over the heads of most readers, is (my emphasis):

In a statement, JLR said its direct supply chain is "primarily European and in the UK, with a small percentage in China".

The reality is that there are lots of components - especially electronics - that may well be manufactured in Europe but contain further components that are supplied from China.

This has potential to have a similar, or perhaps even greater, effect on global manufacturing as the Fukushima nuclear plant meltdown.

 

[Deleted member 149005]

I wonder how many other manufacturers, across all industries, will be experiencing the same....

 

[Deleted member 149005]

Actually in the 60’s you could fit ‘A man in a suitcase’.

I’ll get my coat.

I thought that was The Police in the 70s?

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[E55BOF]

No, it was a TV series

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about a former U.S. intelligence officer, accused of treason, based in London and taking on freelance jobs around Europe as he searches for answers to try to clear his name. I recall the name, but nothing else about it.

 

[HB]

Clothing industry is being hit as we speak. Not good.

 

[Petrol Pete]

Had this a few years ago on a production line (automotive) basically a 'widget' no bigger than the top of a felt tip pen was out of spec...all few thousand of them. As the factory was committed to up to 500 'sets' a day phone calls were made , emails sent and a man with a suitcase full of them turned up at Heathrow and was collected post haste. Spent a night in a local hotel and back on the next plane.
The items we were making had parts in them from UK, Japan, China, Taiwan, USA, Romania and probably a few others i am not aware of. It really is that close in the car industry, and other industries no doubt.

 

[grober]

Its an illustration that despite huge advances in society, traditional practices can still trip you up bigtime. In recent years China has assumed the veneer of an advanced western society- This is perhaps an indication its got some way to go yet?
Make ban on Chinese wildlife markets permanent, says environment expert
Appetite for 'warm meat' drives risk of disease in Hong Kong and China

 

[190]

Just in time logistics isn't looking too clever right now.

 

[NOMONEYBUTAMERC]

Had this a few years ago on a production line (automotive) basically a 'widget' no bigger than the top of a felt tip pen was out of spec...all few thousand of them. As the factory was committed to up to 500 'sets' a day phone calls were made , emails sent and a man with a suitcase full of them turned up at Heathrow and was collected post haste. Spent a night in a local hotel and back on the next plane.
The items we were making had parts in them from UK, Japan, China, Taiwan, USA, Romania and probably a few others i am not aware of. It really is that close in the car industry, and other industries no doubt.

The UK car industry was responsible for the demise of many small/medium suppliers during the 70`s & 80`s. They would start by placing small batch orders , gradually increasing volume , but driving down the prices and once the supplier was deeply committed and dependent on them they would either delay payment or suspend orders, then step in and take over the supplier.
I also recall supplying a customer with "miles" of timing chains for a number of years . The orders suddenly dried up. I rang the customer , only to be told that they would no longer require our services as they were now geared up to supply timing belts.
In those days the competition from Japanese suppliers was placing ever increasing pressure on profit margins whilst the Chinese were largely excluded on the basis of being unable to produce steel products with the carbon chrome content required to produce bearings etc of durable quality. These problems were partly solved by British Steel helping them build steel mills and SKF providing them with quality raw materials.
Nowadays there are many "branded" goods ( ie gearboxes & motors) purportedly from Germany, Italy etc which are full of Chinese components. And lead times on a great many products are becoming worse due to lack of stockholding globally.

 

[219]

Jaguar Land Rover 'shipping parts in suitcases'

you couldn't make it up....

Guenter Butschek must be clenching his butscheks !

 

[Deleted member 126251]

Clothing industry is being hit as we speak. Not good.

My wife will be ok for the next 10 years with all the gear she has.....

 

[st13phil]

My wife will be ok for the next 10 years with all the gear she has.....

That may be true from a practical point of view, but emotionally????

 

[Deleted member 126251]

That may be true from a practical point of view, but emotionally????

OMG - hadn't thought that far ahead......