RV industry death spiral...
I'm greatly looking forward to this series of articles over the next couple of weeks: http://rvdailyreport.com/opinion/opinion-the-rv-industry-death-spiral-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-370313 ...
Forum Discussion
I've said for several years that one of the most basic things that an RV mfr could do would be to stop paying for piece-work and pay straight wages/salaries. Yes, this would cause a drop in production, but it almost certainly would lead to less warranty claims and higher customer satisfaction and increased sales. Profits would increase because supply would be less, therefore there would be less incentive to discount. Some sales would be lost due to higher prices, but these would almost certainly be customers who were marginally able to afford a particular unit to begin with.
How about tires? Simply replacing the junk that's installed on 99% of RVs at the factory would mean a =huge= increase in customer satisfaction. Does =anyone= dispute this? Does anyone dispute that higher customer satisfaction is highly likely to increase sales/profits?
When there were so many frame issues, how hard would it have been for the mfrs taking delivery of Lippert frames to do an in-house QC check to be sure that the welds were done correctly and either correct them on the spot or reject ones that were beyond a simple fix? How many pictures have been posted here showing really nice-looking welds, that were only welded to one side? Adding 50-100 lbs of steel in a few strategic spots would also have helped alleviate a lot of the frame issues.
This really isn't rocket science...
Lyle
How about tires? Simply replacing the junk that's installed on 99% of RVs at the factory would mean a =huge= increase in customer satisfaction. Does =anyone= dispute this? Does anyone dispute that higher customer satisfaction is highly likely to increase sales/profits?
When there were so many frame issues, how hard would it have been for the mfrs taking delivery of Lippert frames to do an in-house QC check to be sure that the welds were done correctly and either correct them on the spot or reject ones that were beyond a simple fix? How many pictures have been posted here showing really nice-looking welds, that were only welded to one side? Adding 50-100 lbs of steel in a few strategic spots would also have helped alleviate a lot of the frame issues.
This really isn't rocket science...
Lyle
