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[QUOTE=Laco;68315] My point is, the RV manufactures have little incentive to improve their QA, when they can't produce enough units to even meet demand. They are perfectly satisfied to throw RV's together using the least expensive materials and paying assembly workers as little as possible, as long as their dealers continue to complete and fix the assembly problems and issues they create, as well as allowing the consumer to complete the testing process for their assembly methods.
Philosophically speaking;
One statement that I have heard too often from employe's at various levels in the RV industry is: I can't afford to buy one!
The person assembling cars, usually owns one. They have a vested interest in producing a quality product and hope that the person assembling their potential car has the same vested interest.
Given the price of even a mid-level RV, it appears that many of the employees putting them together have little hope of ever owning one.
I believe American manufacturing is in trouble. 45 years in manufacturing I have witnessed the elimination of many quality control programs involving employee input and problem solving. Programs designed to give all employees sense of ownership in the company's success. The Bottom Line has become more important than quality and that filters down to the guy driving the last screw.
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