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Message: <blockquote data-quote="topkollek" data-source="post: 31254566" data-attributes="member: 510150">Nowadays, manufacturing is all about<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Producing something that works at the minimum possible cost => max profit</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Ensuring that the 95th percentile of the produced items lives up to the planned life expectancy => customer expectations</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Warranty replacements without hassle => customer expectations</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Excluding fragile/unreliable parts from the warranty and including the most reliable parts => no warranty coverage for bulbs, batteries, etc., but a 10–15 year warranty for things that don’t break</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Minimum viable products to comply with regulations and not exceed them => max profit</li> </ol>Repairability is the victim here because it is not considered a necessity.</blockquote>

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