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wolram
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Itegral, this is a cut throat industry, often times we will buy a machine at a
bargain price, the manufacturer thinking they will make money on spare parts, their mark up is as high as 400%, but we simply draw up the parts and get them made locally, an example is a heat seal face, they charge 80 pounds for one, we get them made in batches of 10 for 200 pounds.
You are right about changing the product, if we do it takes weeks of trials
and the customer is involved in every stage, often rejecting the first, second attempt, one change took six attempts before every one was happy.
bargain price, the manufacturer thinking they will make money on spare parts, their mark up is as high as 400%, but we simply draw up the parts and get them made locally, an example is a heat seal face, they charge 80 pounds for one, we get them made in batches of 10 for 200 pounds.
You are right about changing the product, if we do it takes weeks of trials
and the customer is involved in every stage, often rejecting the first, second attempt, one change took six attempts before every one was happy.