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Old 03-13-2024, 07:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Buzz Killington View Post
Tour guide says it takes 3-4 minutes to test one fork and they only have one operator. Even if they do it for 3 shifts per day for 365 days, is it possible to really test all the forks they mentioned?
If every fork takes 3 minutes they could do 175,200 forks a year. Assuming they don't shut down for Chinese New Year. They opened the video with calling it a million bike factory. That would mean that either only 17.5% of the bikes are getting a carbon fork that's subject to that inspection or there's more than one of those stations or ....

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Originally Posted by eddief View Post
My heart goes out to those factory workers doing some of those steps all damn day.
It takes all types of people to make the world work. I spent all afternoon welding T bolts for the HAG together. I'd much rather be hiding behind my welding hood than sitting in my office doing things that might add more value to the business but aren't anywhere close to enjoyable to me personally. #ihatespreadsheets
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