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Re: CEO-Letter // The answer
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Date: 
Wed, 9 Mar 2005 04:20:56 GMT
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In lugnet.color, Scott Lyttle wrote:
> In lugnet.color, Ondrew Hartigan wrote:
> > In lugnet.color, Reinhard "Ben" Beneke wrote:
> > > To read the answer follow this link:
> > > 
> > > http://f24.parsimony.net/forum61776/messages/97463.htm
> > > 
> > > Leg Godt,
> > > 
> > > Ben
> > 
> > 
> > cool beans
> > 
> > 
> > my only question is:
> > 
> > if the only thing holding the company back from going back to the old colors is
> > money, how much are we talking about? a million, 10 million? 50 million?
> > 
> > 
> > ondrew
> > 
> > 
> > now if i only knew tonights lotto numbers =)
> 
> As a past manufacturing and process engineer with some business management
> background, I'd say you'd have to factor in the supplier agreements for X amount
> of color concentrate, cancellation and breach of contract penalties, contract
> negotiations for the new color supplier, and purchase of new material, box art
> changes, rebuilding models for the box art to begin with, entry in MRPII system
> to readjust all product lines, reestablishment of the color palette, production
> runs to verify the "new" Old gray, just to name a few of the other issues to
> take in effect...
> 
> Not as simple as just changing the gaylord or train hopper full of material...
> 
> (again, standard issues with any process change)
> 
> -Scott


true true.

most of what you mentioned could be taken care of at no cost by doing the switch
back with new sets rather than redoing current sets[1]. other than that i really
couldn't say since well i just don't know what there contracts/and internal
policys would dictate what they would need to do.  only time will tell.

ondrew

[1] this is the same way they did the change from old grey to new grey just in
reverse.



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  Re: CEO-Letter // The answer
 
(...) I agree. Sorry, I interpreted that as a "what can be done now", as opposed to "what can be done regarding next year's sets" -Scott (22 years ago, 9-Mar-05, to lugnet.color)

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  Re: CEO-Letter // The answer
 
(...) As a past manufacturing and process engineer with some business management background, I'd say you'd have to factor in the supplier agreements for X amount of color concentrate, cancellation and breach of contract penalties, contract (...) (22 years ago, 8-Mar-05, to lugnet.color)

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