Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc, OF COURSE A COPY CAN BE BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL. Better materials can be used. Manufacturing tolerances can be tighter. Quality control can be better. More rigerous inspection criteria can be used. Or just plain luck may be operating so that a run of copies is better than the average of the original. If labor costs are low enough, you can throw away 50% of a manufacturing run to get a high quality output despite production inadequacies.. The Japanese accepted Deming's approach to manufacturing quality control long before the Americans. That's why Toyota is the best selling car in the U.S. OK - I know most of them are made here now. That's because we have become a low cost labor market. How long before Leica establishes a factory in Kentucky? - LarryZ