...For decades, (click here) Caterpillar had a stellar reputation among the construction community for producing a high quality machine. In recent years, however, a number of competitors have greatly improved the quality of their products, while Caterpillar has struggled with some issues at their foreign factories. There are now many construction managers who are reporting problems with Caterpillar excavators.
While there are no official surveys done of maintenance and repairs made to construction equipment, there is a lot of anecdotal evidence to sort through. Prior to the 1990s, the company had an excellent reputation for construction equipment. While repairs were rarely needed, replacement parts were easy to find, since all excavators were manufactured in America. Over the past two decades, however, outsourcing of manufacturing has coincided with many construction managers noticing that their machines need more repairs.
Komatsu saw the opening in this market, and has moved to greatly increase the quality of their equipment. Today, many construction managers swear by their Komatsu excavators. Because they are manufactured outside of the United States, however, many have reported that finding replacement parts is problematic. This might make them less than ideal in areas where obtaining replacement parts is an issue....
I am correct. Republicans were crying the emissions standards are killing jobs.
LIAR, LIAR, PANTS ARE ON FIRE, your nose is a big as a telephone wire.
The reason Caterpillar started to suffer was because of (all together now) "Outsourcing and Globalization."
One more time:
Why was Caterpillar suffering where it never did before?
Nice and loud with feeling, "Outsourcing and Globalization."
Amen.
