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CODE 19.16
19.16.1. SYSTEM INTEGRATION SPECIALIST; BROAD EXPERIENCE WITH SPACE SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT; HANDS ON LEADER; GOOD TRAINING SKILLS; RETIRED; AVAILABLE FOR SHORT TERM CONSULTING; **DM-VW
19.16.2. DESIGN OF STANDARDS AND PREPARATION OF DOCUMENTATION FOR REQUESTS FOR QUOTES; EXPERIENCED WITH GOVERNMENT AND SPACE CONTRACTORS; BROAD DEEP KNOWLEDGE AND HANDS ON EXPERIENCE WITH MOTIVATION TO GUIDE MAKING EVALUATIONS AND VALUE JUDGMENTS; AEROSPACE PHYSICS, APPLIED MATHEMATICS, ENGINEERING, RESEARCH AND PATENT INVESTIGATOR; RETIRED; AVAILABLE FOR CONSULTING; MEDIUM OR SHORT TERM; ** FWS-VW
19.16.5.
WHEN MAKING INQUIRIES PLEASE INCLUDE THE ITEM NUMBER AND AS MUCH DETAIL ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT AS POSSIBLE. YOU SHOULD ALSO INCLUDE YOUR PHONE NUMBER, LOCATION AND GMT TIME. WE CAN OFTEN CLARIFY MUCH DETAIL FASTER ON THE PHONE. WE CAN OFTEN GIVE YOU AN ESTIMATE OF AVERAGE SHIPPING IF YOU WILL INCLUDE AT LEAST CITY AND ZIP CODE IN THE U.S. OR FOREIGN MAIL CODE. WE ARE IN GMT -0600 AND CAN BE REACHED BEST BETWEEN 0700 AND 2300 -0600 GMT (GREENWICH MEAN TIME).
AN ASTERISK (ALSO KNOWN AS "STAR") " * " MEANS THAT WE SEE THAT THERE IS IMPORTANT AND HELPFUL DETAIL MISSING OR THE ACCURACY IS IN QUESTION. IN MOST CASES WE ARE TRYING TO CLARIFY AND CONFIRM OBJECTIVE DETAILS AND WILL UPDATE AS WE GET MORE INFORMATION.
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LIMITED WARRANTIES AND GUARANTIES: ALL ITEMS ARE SOLD AS IS WHERE IS. IT IS NOT PRACTICAL TO SHIP MOST ITEMS ESPECIALLY MACHINERY ITEMS GREAT DISTANCES EVEN BETWEEN STATES AND ESPECIALLY BETWEEN COUNTRIES BUT THESE STATEMENTS SHOW THAT THE ITEMS ARE BETTER QUALITY AND WILL PROBABLY BE REASONABLY TROUBLE FREE WHEN PROPERLY MAINTAINED.
EVEN IF WE BUY A CAR IN THE U.S. IT HAS TO BE DELIVERED BACK TO THE DEALER OR AN AUTHORIZED SERVICE PROVIDER WHERE A DETERMINATION CAN BE MADE THAT A PROBLEM IS DUE TO A DEFECT IN MATERIALS OR WORKMANSHIP AND IS NOT DUE TO LACK OF PROPER OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE. ITEMS USED FOR COMMERCIAL BUSINESS ARE SELDOM WARRANTED TO THE SAME STANDARD AND ARE, IN FACT, USUALLY EXCLUDED FROM WARRANTY. VERY FEW ITEMS HAVE A NATIONAL AUTHORIZED SERVICE NETWORK THAT IS PRACTICAL WHEN WE CONSIDER OUR "DOWN TIME" AND EVEN FEWER HAVE INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS. OUR BEST GUARANTEE IS TO PROPERLY OPERATE AND MAINTAIN WHAT WE BUY AND IT WILL BE CHEAPER OVER TIME AND IN MOST CASES MUCH OF OUR PROFIT MARGIN.
MOTIVATED RESPONSIBLE PERSONS ARE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN EVERYTHING EVEN PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS. THIS IS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES BECAUSE SPARE PARTS AND EXPERIENCED SERVICE ARE NOT AS AVAILABLE. MOST AMERICAN BUSINESSES BUY USED EQUIPMENT WHENEVER THEY CAN AND MAINTAIN IT THEMSELVES ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARE GROWING. THE NEW EQUIPMENT IS OFTEN TOO EXPENSIVE AND STILL HAS TO BE OPERATED AND MAINTAINED PROPERLY FROM THE FIRST DAY OR THE DOWN TIME PUTS US OUT OF PROFITABLE BUSINESS. IF WE DO NOT HAVE TIME TO "DO IT RIGHT" WHEN WILL WE FIND TIME "TO DO IT OVER".
COMPLETE DETAILS ARE
REQUIRED FOR PARTS SEARCH AND THE REASONS ARE:
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WE NEED THE TYPE OF MACHINE, BRAND NAME, MODEL NUMBER, SERIES NUMBERS, SPEC
NUMBERS (ALSO KNOWN AS PRODUCTION NUMBER IN SOME BRANDS), SERIAL NUMBERS AND
DESCRIPTION TO GET THE AVAILABILITY AND PRICES OF ANY PART OF ANY ITEM NEW AND
USED. THE MODEL NUMBER, SERIAL NUMBER, SPEC. OR PRODUCTION NUMBER
FOR BOTH THE ITEM AND ALL THE NUMBERS OF THE ITEM, MACHINE OR
APPLIANCE IT IS USED IN. THE REASON THIS IS NECESSARY IS
BECAUSE OEM'S (ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURES) ARE PUTTING THERE OWN
STOCKING NUMBERS ON PARTS SO THAT OWNERS WANTING REPAIR PARTS HAVE TO COME BACK
TO THE MANUFACTURES SYSTEM TO GET THEM. THIS HELPS SUPPORT THE
DEALER SYSTEM AND THE PARTS STOCKING SYSTEM.
THE PEOPLE IN THE
WAREHOUSES CANNOT FIND THINGS WITHOUT HAVING ALL THE NUMBERS AND GENERALLY THE
WAREHOUSE PEOPLE OF TODAY HAVE VERY LITTLE MECHANICAL APTITUDE AND/OR ACTUAL
EXPERIENCE SO THEY HAVE LITTLE IDEA WHAT MOST PARTS DO. SEVERAL FACTORS
THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING IN THE PAST DECADE ARE SHOWING THE FUTURE. THERE
IS INCREASINGLY RAPID INNOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT AND WORLD WIDE COMPETITION.
SOME PEOPLE CALL THIS PLANNED OBSOLESCENCE BUT THIS IS DIFFERENT.
EVEN THE FAMOUS VW BEATLE HAD DIFFERENT IMPROVED OR RESHAPED PARTS IN
PROGRESSIVELY NEWER MODELS. THERE ARE DIFFERENCES IN THE SAME MODELS
IN THE SAME YEAR. THIS IS WHY THE SERIAL NUMBER IS OFTEN NECESSARY
TO GET A REPLACEMENT PART. IT SAVES US ALL TIME AND MONEY
IF WE GET ALL THE NUMBERS RIGHT FROM THE START.
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IT IS GETTING HARDER TO GET PARTS FOR OLD MACHINERY AND ITEMS ALL TYPES OLDER
THAN 1980 EVEN FOR ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN BRANDS WORLD WIDE, THE CATERPILLAR
BRAND. WE HAVE SEEN THIS TREND MOVING TO ONLY 10 YEARS AND LESS PARTS
AVAILABILITY OVER THE NEXT DECADE. THE FUTURE WILL BE "THROW
AWAY" OR "RECYCLE" OR JUST IN TIME PARTS EVEN IN THE FIRST 10
YEARS AFTER MANUFACTURE. WE ARE SEEING AUTOMATED MASS PRODUCTION
CHEAPER THAN REPAIR LABOR AND SPARE PARTS WAREHOUSING COSTS FOR BIGGER
MACHINERY NOT JUST ELECTRONICS AND SMALLER HARD GOODS.
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MANY PARTS ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE. THERE ARE JUST TOO MANY
DIFFERENT MODELS AND NO ECONOMICALLY EFFICIENT WAY TO STORE PARTS FOR ALL OF
THEM SO THE MANUFACTURE'S WAREHOUSING DEPARTMENTS ARE BEING PROMPTED BY THE
COMPUTER PROGRAMS, BASED ON "EFFICIENCY" AND "RETURN ON
INVESTMENT" STUDIES, TO CLEAR THE SHELVES OF PARTS THAT HAVE NOT MOVED IN
SUFFICIENT QUANTITY OVER A VARYING PERIOD OF YEARS. TO DO THIS THEY
GENERALLY HAVE "SCRAPERS" COME IN AND CLEAN UP. THERE WAS
A GENERALLY FOLLOWED "LAW" THAT A MANUFACTURER HAD TO HAVE PARTS AND
REPAIRS OR EXCHANGE FOR AT LEAST 10 YEARS. THIS IS NOT THE CASE WITH MOST
MANUFACTURES AROUND THE WORLD NOW. IN THE U.S. THE STANDARD IS FOR 7 YEARS
SUPPORT NOW.
THE
"SCRAPERS" CANNOT AFFORD TO WAREHOUSE EVEN $3,000. CRANK SHAFTS AND
OTHER EXPENSIVE MACHINED PARTS THAT MIGHT NOT MOVE FOR MANY YEARS IF EVER SO
THE SCRAPERS SELL THEM FOR SCRAP METAL. THE METAL RECYCLERS ARE IN THE
SAME SITUATION. EVEN THE BEST MATERIALS CANNOT SURVIVE IN SALABLE
CONDITION WITHOUT PROPER CLIMATE CONTROLLED STORAGE AND A SYSTEM TO FIND THEM
AGAIN.
4 THE GLOBAL MARKET IS MOVING RAPIDLY TO A "MAKE AS NEEDED PARTS SYSTEM" USING COMPUTER CONTROLLED EQUIPMENT THE SAME AS ABOUT 50% OF THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT IS MANUFACTURED NOW. THIS WILL SAVE AN ESTIMATED 50% MINIMUM ON PARTS COST, MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE PARTS FOR MORE DIFFERENT MACHINES AND ACTUALLY REDUCE THE TIME TO FIND, AND SHIP PARTS WORLD WIDE.
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PHOTOS ARE INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE. SEND PHOTOS IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.
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IN CASE YOU ARE WONDERING THIS IS NOT WORTH DOING FOR ONE OR TWO ORDERS. WE DO
THIS TO TRY TO DEVELOP A LONG TERM GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP AND TRUST.
WE HOPE TO BE ABLE DO OTHER BUSINESS TOGETHER IN THE FUTURE.
