[Elecraft] Shipping Status Page

[Tom Childers, N5GE]

On Thu, 6 Dec 2007 22:38:38 +1100, you wrote:

>Firstly sorry for the post and I'm not wanting to start another lengthy
>debate on shipping. 
>
>However, I've just checked the shipping page and note that it still contains
>the following info... 'K3 orders received after Oct 17th are targeted for
>shipment in mid-late January. New K3 orders received after Nov 26th are
>targeted for mid Feb. delivery.'
>
>I hope I'm off the mark here, but this seems very (very) optimistic
>considering orders from early May are still shipping, and that will leave
>orders from May through to mid October still to ship (including Dayton
>orders and early orders taken without deposit) before mid January !!
>
>I wonder whether it would be possible, now that you have a handle on
>shipping capabilities, to update the shipping page with revised (more
>realistic) targets when you do your next weekly update?
>
>Thanks
>
>David, VK2NU
[snip]

Before I filter out all posts with "shipping" or "status" form my email, I'd
like to just say one thing:

The people running the assembly line at Elecraft have vastly more knowledge
regarding their assembly and shipping capabilities than any of us who have
ordered K3 rigs, no matter what date we ordered them (after Oct 17 for me).  

My experience in manufacturing (Military fighters F-111, F-16 and F-22) tells me
that the estimated delivery dates were estimated using their knowledge of how
the assembly process works, how many workers they have and plan to have as they
ramp up to full capacity.  There will be some hitches (Suppliers, Over Optimism)
and some positive increases in production output(innovation, over pessimistic
original estimates, better procedures found, etc).  There is no way any of us
can apply that data to our "wished delivery dates", so I for one am going to
calm down and wait till the UPS guy rings the bell.  That's when I will get
mine.  If it's in Feb. or March (or maybe even early Jan), so be it.

Let's cut the guys at Elecraft some slack.  They're not at Hogwarts and have no
magic wands.

 
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