Mel A very useful insight into MTH business plan. However I fear there will still be those unable to heed your final words.
BTW, Model Railroad Hobbyist just sent out their March update and right under their banner is the ad for Monster Model Works new S scale brick structure. Good times seem to be ahead for S. Jim Martin >________________________________ > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Monday, March 4, 2013 5:39:57 AM >Subject: {S-Scale List} wgh, round two san mateo > > > >wgh rolled thru town on the 2nd & 3rd, and had a chance to talk with >mike's double again, >so here goes, the delay has primary due to examining shs molds, and >then determining >which plant will be used for each mold, the problem arises, in that >mth has more hen a >few plants, and the respective facilities had to be examined both for >compatibility as well >as volume capacity, once that was accomplished, then production times >for these >facilities had to be rearranged to accommodate the additional >workload, bare in mind that >mth will be using it's existing facilities, until they get a handle >on the volume of product, >which is understandable, why build a new plant in the beginning? >based on a guess? >now for the big bomb, mth's product run will be based on a six month >market, that means >that is you see an item you like, you better by it now, not later, >for the fast selling items >a rerun will usually occur within 12-18 months, for slow selling >items, 36-48 months, mth's >feedback as far as availibiilty is based on the info that the dealers >feed into it, and is checked >daily, while this is voluntary on the dealers part, mth keeps a track >as to the accountability, >mike wolff is presently in asia, troubling shooting the first run of >track, to make sure there >are no hiccups, now welcome to the real world of labor in the prc, it >seems that seniority >counts, in the labor classification, a senior engineer, can override >the entire project, and can >totally change the product line, as well as the direction of >product development, on a personal >whim, shs can attest to this, so as well as trouble shooting mr, >wolff is having discussions with >the engineers to keep abreast of any potential problems, you got to >love their system, you tell >them what you need, and pay them, and they tell you what they are >going to produce no wonder >that don and mike decided to retire, rather than drop dead of an >heart attack, so in closing if you >see something you like when it first comes out, grab it, otherwise >depending on it's sales, you >may never see it again, for the first couple of runs, they are going >to be using shs sales figures, >so these will be some what limited in volume, in order to learn how >to judge the market, and >please if you can't control yourself, or disapointment, please do it >offline, we do not need to >be walking around with holes in our feet, at this stage, LET'S GIVE >THEM THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT >mel perry > > > >
