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Thailand Specials
Join Date: Aug 2009
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You're not wrong, imagine all the flog OEMs and roll them into one company and you have IVECO
![]() Can't say Kenworth are much better either - stop their production line during COVID then send out demands to their suppliers that they still have obligations. Then every 5 seconds starts increasing their build rate once they start back up then reduce their build rate then put it back up then put it back down then put it back up. Then only give you 7 days notice of their requirements of their production line. They only moved to quarterly forecasting for their suppliers last year. Like I said they'll certainly let you know about your responsibility to them but they have zero hesitation leaving you holding the bag with no responsibility to you. Or they'll make forecasts, you tool up and invest in stock then they'll just cancel advance orders. There's a submission from the Australian supply chain to the productivity commission nearly 20 years ago that gives you an insight to the behavior of OEMs to their supply chain if anyone is bored. The so called 'supply chain' problems the OEMs have is usually caused by their own ridiculous behavior where they don't think twice about ****ing over their critical suppliers. They tried to **** over the chip suppliers and they just pivoted their production capacity to the electronics industry - BYE FELICIA ![]() Last edited by Franco Cozzo; 15-02-2023 at 03:28 PM. |
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With fewer demo cars, its seems harder to even drive the model you may want to buy.
I spoke to a dealer about driving a specific model, they dont have one in stock and wont have one for a few weeks. Its in the top ten selling cars too, so hardly a niche product.
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Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: A.C.T
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Ex ‘demo’ in 2003.Was used as a office car @ the Geelong engine plant.Colour is ‘Vibe’.It was just a great car.
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Limited supply
Join Date: Jun 2017
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Wagon Nation. I couldn't afford a Kingswood
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