Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I wouldn't blame Leica for missing the demand forcasting on the 1.25 mag. To be fair to Leica, no one can really estimate how a product launch will shape up. This happens to the Imac, cars and all other consumer products. Beside the problem gets logistically complicated if any company have to rely on an OEM. From ordering components, labor resources, assembly, QA, shipping and allocation, there's quite a lead time. While the 1.25 mag is a small and niche market to fulfill, other high-tech industry, such as the MAC can make or break a company's fiscal year statement for missing the demand, either in over-forecasting, which lead to accessive inventory, or under-forcasting, which lead to unfulfilled orders. While its easy for us to throw out comments, but in the real world, that decision making process is extremely complicated; especially now we rely more on global demands and OEM supplies. - --- "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote: > That's too consperitorial for my blood. I think the > explanation for the > vaporware magnifiers is far simpler: > > Leica incompetence. > > While Leica's optical designers came up with a truly > great product that > makes every modern M body more useful under certain > circumstances, Leica's > manufacturing and marketing geniuses failed to > properly estimate demand for > the product, and thus customers are left empty > handed and, if they have any > sense, pissed off. Of course these same geniuses > also seem to have more R8s > than they know what to do with, but that's another > chapter from the same > book. ;-) > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On > Behalf Of Photo > Phreak > Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 2:21 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Cc: rtansa@mbox2.singnet.com.sg > Subject: Re: [Leica] 1.25 Mag > > > > --- RT <rtansa@mbox2.singnet.com.sg> wrote: > > I noticed that it is verydiffcult to find the 1.25 > > Magifier. Wonder if any > > one knows the reason? > > Thanks. > > > ============================================================ > > As long as they are in short supply, the stores > can > demand higher prices. > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Greetings - send holiday greetings for > Easter, Passover > http://greetings.yahoo.com/ > -- > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Greetings - send holiday greetings for Easter, Passover http://greetings.yahoo.com/ - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html