They sell from lingerie to Laptop to Generators to us and nukes and missiles to Pakistan. We in turn sell our country to them. I type this with a heavy heart on a laptop made in China!
Indian market is flooded with all types of goods. We make a beeline to the China market to get the things cheaply. The situation has come to such a pass that without China, we cannot exist
Tonight, there were fifteen people from India at the client’s guest house to take dinner. They all came from the different parts of our country to visit Harbin Turbine Company, Harbin Boiler Company and Harbin Electric Company.
Whatever documents the vendors offer during the time of our inspection is the final one. Every tests and inspections are taken place based on the vendor documents that was never reviewed or approved by the buyer.
The seller sets the standard and the buyer accepts everything he offers. Though the visiting quality control engineers have a general compliant that Chinese products are not of good quality, so far, in my experience, no one could find any major technical flaws in the Chinese products though there are rejection of products during quality inspetions by the Indian engineers.
It needs to be appreciated that on the shop floor while carrying out acceptance tests, unlike in our country, vendor does the tests without any manipulations. To be more precise, that is what an inspection engineer like me was given to believe.
If the pressure of hydro test stipulated in the vendor document is 10 MPa, the test is done exactly at 10 MPa and if the voltage to be applied is 14KV, it is applied sincerely without providing a bye pass in the circuit. I am sure, most of our engineers will accept this fact, even grudgingly.
How can China make and sell products at such low prices? This is a question, everyone asks here. I too asked this to many Chinese Engineers here.
They say, the main reason for low price is the low cost of production. Everthing is produced in learge quantity. Salary paid to the employees is much less that what other countries, including India are paying to the employees. Above all the speed of production.
Harbin Electric Company, so far in this year, produced twenty numbers of 600Mega Watt Generators. To any international standard, this is a big achievement. A 600 MW Generator can be readied in six months if all raw materials and componants are available.
The manufacturing facilities of the Generator, Turbine and Boiler Companies are very vast and they apply modern manufacturing facilities. One more very important thing we have to note -in China, in front of any manufacturing facilities, only one flag flies – the National Flag.
In addition to the state run companies in Harbin, there are huge manufacturing facilites in Shanghai and Dongfan which are also run by the government.
We have to agree to some extent that it is not the low quality materials that reduces the price but the high productivity and low cost of manufacturing that do the trick. And, remember, with the cost of an Ambassador car, no one would expect a BMW car…
As a foot note, I should state this too. When I returned from China after my first visit in 2008, I took a pressure cooker and an induction cooker. Both of them are working without giving any complaint so far.
Indian market is flooded with all types of goods. We make a beeline to the China market to get the things cheaply. The situation has come to such a pass that without China, we cannot exist
Tonight, there were fifteen people from India at the client’s guest house to take dinner. They all came from the different parts of our country to visit Harbin Turbine Company, Harbin Boiler Company and Harbin Electric Company.
Some are with a mission to look after the quality, some the delivery schedule and others to finalize the documentary parts. Needless to say that most of the visiting dignitaries sit with the vendor for a big dinner party upon their arrival. The other agenda for many of them is to see the mystery called China.
( Lion's share of the China's production is aimed at Indian market. For them, India provide bread and butter. Still, when we ask the locals why their country is more friedly to Pakistan than India, they have no answer. But they accept that China must be more friendly with India)
Indians are pouring in to Chinese market. They have placed purchase orders worth millions of US Dollars. Still, sadly, most of the customers never insist on a standard quality plan, drawings and technical data sheets or raw material test certificates before placing the orders or even at the time of conducting the final acceptance tests on the shop floor of the manufacturers.( Lion's share of the China's production is aimed at Indian market. For them, India provide bread and butter. Still, when we ask the locals why their country is more friedly to Pakistan than India, they have no answer. But they accept that China must be more friendly with India)
Whatever documents the vendors offer during the time of our inspection is the final one. Every tests and inspections are taken place based on the vendor documents that was never reviewed or approved by the buyer.
The seller sets the standard and the buyer accepts everything he offers. Though the visiting quality control engineers have a general compliant that Chinese products are not of good quality, so far, in my experience, no one could find any major technical flaws in the Chinese products though there are rejection of products during quality inspetions by the Indian engineers.
It needs to be appreciated that on the shop floor while carrying out acceptance tests, unlike in our country, vendor does the tests without any manipulations. To be more precise, that is what an inspection engineer like me was given to believe.
If the pressure of hydro test stipulated in the vendor document is 10 MPa, the test is done exactly at 10 MPa and if the voltage to be applied is 14KV, it is applied sincerely without providing a bye pass in the circuit. I am sure, most of our engineers will accept this fact, even grudgingly.
How can China make and sell products at such low prices? This is a question, everyone asks here. I too asked this to many Chinese Engineers here. They say, the main reason for low price is the low cost of production. Everthing is produced in learge quantity. Salary paid to the employees is much less that what other countries, including India are paying to the employees. Above all the speed of production.
Harbin Electric Company, so far in this year, produced twenty numbers of 600Mega Watt Generators. To any international standard, this is a big achievement. A 600 MW Generator can be readied in six months if all raw materials and componants are available.  |
| The entrance of the Harbin Electric Company |
We have to agree to some extent that it is not the low quality materials that reduces the price but the high productivity and low cost of manufacturing that do the trick. And, remember, with the cost of an Ambassador car, no one would expect a BMW car…
As a foot note, I should state this too. When I returned from China after my first visit in 2008, I took a pressure cooker and an induction cooker. Both of them are working without giving any complaint so far.
Why getting sad?! The fittest survives.
ReplyDeleteIt’s the work culture and the work attitude that keep the Chinese apart. I feel, we should learn from them. Tell me, did they compromise on the quality or quantity for ‘adjusting’ the hospitality expenses for you people? I don’t think so.
Pakistan is a strategic alliance. The Chinese aspirations in south Asia is no secret. The populace know that they will have their bread and butter as long as their sakhaavs are there. Why should they worry about the politics!
I can see Natesan the corporate guru on song. The corporate jargon is amusing. At the end of the day do we really need to check on the quality as long as communism reigns China! They don’t have the ‘chalta hai’ attitude. Take any sample, test it and find the difference. I am not praising them. It’s their attitude I am talking about.
Yes, I vouch for the reliability of genuine Chinese products. That Chinese mp3 player Pasen is still working Nats!!!
Keep posting Nattu.
Now Europe is asking for help from China for a bailout!!!
ReplyDeleteThat's fine. Instead of blaming them for bad quality and duplicating, we the Indians must chenge ourselves. We shall make much better products at equally competitive prices. The things we need are a little bit of true patriotism and the willingness to dump 'chalega' attitude
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