China Setting the Standards?

That just means that 'our' products will surpass 'their' basic standard. A good marketing tactic.

but which one will sell?

Hi Phoenix,

We are here and we choose to buy something and many times this something is "made in China". How come? We cannot make it? Ah, we don't want to make it! Why we have the question? Gil.

China came in with unbelievable price. Quality was crap, but a big enough market was there.

China's quality improves, not to were the US standard was but the price increase in the item was still low.

Then eventual parts and equipment that was made by unions it was being shipped to China to be made and assemble elsewhere.

Within 10-20 years you will see Union Administrators, who really don't care about the individual workers, but to protect the Union will try to get The Peoples Republic of China to unionize.....thus increasing their numbers and injecting new blood (and money). Oh yeah and the American union worker....who?

And then the bullheaded American reminisce when I bought my tools they were the best and they used to last forever. This has gone on in every generation.

China will be coming into its own, and will set the standards. If they have the lions share of the market, why not.

p911

Hi p911,

You remember the Japanese things come to North-America? Cheap and unreuseable! Today, after some 40 years, they are making what we need at affordable price. We are their customers!

Unions don't have any value in today's businesses. They kill our economie by overprotection. "This is not my job!" cannot survive here as any other places. We still there customers here!

China has an immutable chance to come to do business with us in this times. We did to show them what to do, how to do, and when to do. The Japanese did the same. So, the learning period will be very short for the Chinese to do everything to become their costomers!

Today, they introduce themselves everywhere and we just watch the price of the item to buy it as low as possible to make some profit by using or reselling it.

The quality is defined by the buyer. So, we have to be vigilant about it!

Can we match their quality and price? If you have a good answer, let me know, Gil.

Why worry - the US has been setting up restrictive standards and compliance bodies for decades. The UK is now used to it.

Could this start a new age of (more) trade protection and restrictions?

If they set the standards above European / US / other world standards, their products will be much better than other products from rest of the world. But, also it will become difficult for chinese manufacturers to comply those.

So surely, the standards will be almost of same level to other world standards. Then why to worry.

In India, we are adopting IEC and similar standards. This helps in keepingpace with the rest of the world. There is no point in making stringent standards and making our own life difficult.

Increasing their standards will also in most products increase the cost of manufacture. Which would help level the playing field in a world economy. They can set standards in their country to as high as they want. If it cost more than a domestic product which are produced under that countries standards. What products do you think the consumer will by?

Maybe a plus for the countries that have lost manufacturing to China.

Hi Oz,

I have objection about; "Increasing their standards will also in most products increase the cost of manufacture" because most of the time, improvement in manufacturing lower costs. Just eliminate wastes, time, production, and more, and quality improves and costs go down. The Japanese did before with the help of "American rejected".

We buy what is available to solve a problem we have!

Let Chineses made lots of scraps. They will improve themselves like we did when the presure comes from competition.

We lost many things to China because we don't want to do, Gil.

actually the china is improving in quality day by day, i was in Dalian(a Chinese city)last month , and i found that they are very strict on standards and obtaining the IEC ,UL standards. also they have started to manufacture the world recognized components in china (like Siemens,fanuc and many others). second thing they produce as your budget ,low quality low price ,high quality reasonable price.