Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Len, These days I only see the ones which effect my area of specialty. We see these changes daily and in far greater numbers that do not effect my area. I agree, Leica did the right thing, but the community took it wrong, which is just what Leica was trying to avoid. Gene -------------- Original message from Leonard Taupier <len-1@comcast.net>: -------------- > Gene, > > You had it easy. I probably had to approve 3 or 4 ECO's a day. While > some changes were easy to approve like substituting one vendor for > another on a common part, some were more difficult and required small > pilot runs when the parts were slightly different. In our case we > only notified our customers when form, fit or function was changed. > Also the customer was another company and we better notify them. I > think Leica had a problem in this case. The change required a change > to the firmware which would be noticed quite quickly and then > questioned by the user base. Like "Hey, the new cameras have new > firmware. The new cameras must be better then the old ones. Where can > I send my camera to be upgraded?" I think they did the right thing. > Good for them. > > Len > > > On Sep 22, 2007, at 12:54 AM, grduprey@mchsi.com wrote: > > > Very true. I have about 3 or more engineering change orders every > > week for approval to use a replacement part where the suppliers > > have changed or replaced a part with a new one, which may or may > > not be an exact fit or function replacement. > > > > Gene > > > > -------------- Original message from Stan Yoder > > : -------------- > > > > > >>> If I'm a manufacturer I don't go around telling people I'm having to > >>> botch something together because I don't have the parts - IMO, > >>> the silly > >>> buggers could just as well have kept quiet about the new version. > >>> > >> > >> What? And have another bunch of neurotic yahoos bitch about > >> Leica's buggery > >> secretive practices? > >> > >> And anyway, it's not about not having parts, it's about a supplier > >> changing a > >> part, which happens > >> all the time in most product lives. > >> > >> Stan Yoder > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information