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| Thread ID: 118802 | 2011-06-21 11:41:00 | Why NZ industry can't compete | tutaenui (1724) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1210999 | 2011-06-21 11:41:00 | A look at VW factory in Dresden www.youtube.com The level of investment to build a factory like this would be beyond most business here. |
tutaenui (1724) | ||
| 1211000 | 2011-06-21 13:06:00 | Awesome! I think Mercedes do something similar, allowing buyers to come in and watch THEIR car being built. I hear that once you buy a Mercedes that way, you always go back for another Merc... | johcar (6283) | ||
| 1211001 | 2011-06-21 20:39:00 | Seems to have bugger all actual people working in it. | pctek (84) | ||
| 1211002 | 2011-06-21 20:56:00 | Looks like a flagship example to me of what they can achieve We could easily engineer it |
Gobe1 (6290) | ||
| 1211003 | 2011-06-21 21:05:00 | NZ business I believe has predominately relied on having a low paid workforce instead of investing in machinery to increase production. They dont seem to like short term pain for long term gain. In the 80's when Rogernomics was the thing Australia did the opposite of us and invested money in production while all we did was lower working standards. It still seems to be happening. | Clod (7853) | ||
| 1211004 | 2011-06-22 01:16:00 | NZ industry wont invest in that sort of thing as we have no descent local population base to support the product being sold locally. Thats allways the 1st step, sell it locally. If a company was going to invest heavily in equipment,just to export the product... why wouldnt they do it somewhere where it was all easier to setup ie somewhere with less local bureaucracy meddling & red tape,cheaper export taxess & port duties, less health & safety rules, less local tax, more govt incentives, cheaper land etc etc |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1211005 | 2011-06-22 01:19:00 | NZ industry wont invest in that sort of thing as we have no descent local population base to support the product being sold locally. Thats allways the 1st step, sell it locally. If a company was going to invest heavily in equipment,just to export the product... why wouldnt they do it somewhere where it was all easier to setup ie somewhere with less local bureaucracy meddling & red tape,cheaper export taxess & port duties, less health & safety rules, less local tax, more govt incentives, cheaper land etc etc So true. NZ is fast becoming a country of 4 million people & 8 million regulations to stop you in your tracks |
Phil B (648) | ||
| 1211006 | 2011-06-22 01:31:00 | NZ business I believe has predominately relied on having a low paid workforce instead of investing in machinery to increase production. Increase production in what ?? butter, wool ?? everything locally made back then was either subsidized or protected with import bans & huge tarrifs. We have allways been a Agro economy pretending to be richer than it was. Dont blame Rogernomics. So many seem to forget what it was like before that. Forgot the 18% infation ?? Wage & price freeze, country being too poor to pay for its imports (petrol) . that was the real reason for "carless days" imposed on us. The country was insolvent when Rodger got into power. What did you want to be done with a stuffed economy, keep going as is ?? |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1211007 | 2011-06-23 05:21:00 | Sorry Roger didn't mean to upset you. | Clod (7853) | ||
| 1211008 | 2011-06-23 08:16:00 | The factory doesn't look very earthquake safe! | Battleneter2 (9361) | ||
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