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Worked for them. Corporations with many brands in their portfolio might discuss for weeks over price differences of components of 0.20 Euro. That‘s twenty Euro

Worked for them. Corporations with many brands in their portfolio might discuss for weeks over price differences of components of 0.20 Euro. That‘s twenty Euro cents difference for e.g. a USB connector. If you expect that a vehicle platform sells in the 10s of millions over its lifetime, you‘re talking real money very quick!

joezydeco 11mo ago
However, the price of recalls and warranty rework is never computed into that number.
- dylan604 11mo ago
  yet another example of the flawed logic where "we don't have time/money to do it right now, yet we always seem to find the time/money to redo it later after the shit hits the fan"