Steve Katz wrote:
> I have told it to both of them, and explained this is why I'm not a
> customer.
>
> Well, I did build a K2 a couple of years ago but it was in stock at
> that time and I had it a couple days after ordering it. I won't buy
> a K3 unless the same conditions prevail.
>
> It's unfortunate that small companies are often heavy on engineering
> and light on operations/planning. A professional Ops person with
> decades experience in startups arranges financing, vendor parts
> stocking for JIT and kanban, production workflow against forecast and
> so forth so that a small company can become a big company. Without
> such talent, the small company usually remains small.
>
> WB2WIK/6
>
>
Staying small may be just fine for many companies selling to hams. They
may have no desire to grow, especially if the business is really more of
a marginally profitable hobby, or is selling to others who are hobby
oriented. I used to work for a guy who was into scale steam engines (as
a hobby), and it seemed that everyone in that business was essentially
doing it as a "craftsman" working to order. Same is true for a lot of
R/C stuff. Knowing your limits and expectations is half the game.
Granted, some of the small companies do a terrible job communicating this.
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