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The up front cost to implement and train all concerned in quality control is huge. Quality must be the culture of a organization and that is expensive. It does pay off down the road in increased sales but none of the manufacturers are willing to take that first step. While one organization is spending large amounts of money to implement quality into the organization the other companies will eat them alive. I have been involved in such efforts and it can take two years or more just to get the process implemented in a organization. The ongoing cost are also huge. It has to be a industry wide effort. As mentioned above our auto industry was brought to its knees by Japanese quality processes before it was forced to respond with their own.
I do not see that occurring in our Rv industry. Perhaps one day a Japanese company will get into the USA Rv market with their work standards and quality processes and cause a change in the industry.
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