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Report: HP Moves Part Of Notebook Production From China To Japan
CrunchGear ^ | June 17, 2011 | Serkan Toto

Posted on 06/18/2011 3:57:21 PM PDT by BfloGuy

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To: BfloGuy

As someone who translates the internal business reports of various Japanese firms, China is not as great of an investment as people think. My clients are leaving China for Thailand or leaving to central China.

Productivity of all but the most basic materials is low, wages are rising dramatically on the coast though production is mediocre, while the wages of central China are low and productivity is abysmal.

Japanese workers do not work as proxy slaves as the Chinese do. Add to the fact that China is becoming more and more unstable. Korea and Japan are expensive places to put plants, but productivity is way better.


21 posted on 06/18/2011 5:30:03 PM PDT by struggle
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To: ColdSteelTalon

“Good maybe HP quality will go up. I know the last two notebooks I bought from them were junk...”

That’s because they are junk. HP laptops are THE worst in terms of build quality, reliability and longevity. Except for their old Omnibook series, they always have been and still are.

Right now, in the consumer class, I’ve been recommending Dell laptops first and then Toshiba. Essentially the special models made for BestBuy, et. al.

Amongst the business class laptops, the Panasonic Toughbooks are head and shoulders above the best, and Panasonics have ALWAYS been made in Japan, though service and support is all in the good ol’ USA, with all warranties runnning for three years.

Panasonic is also just now releasing a new model, the CF-53, which moves them a little more into the mainstream now in terms of features and weight. Heretofore, the Toughbook line consisted of tank-like models and those little slimmed down skinny jobs that cost a fortune.


22 posted on 06/18/2011 5:30:20 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Made from the right stuff!)
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To: BfloGuy
Made in Japan?


23 posted on 06/18/2011 5:38:10 PM PDT by OCC
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To: ken21

Works for me. You would be surpised to know just how many companies are currently doing just that out here in the “boonies”. We have a loyal non-union workforce, and can always use the work.


24 posted on 06/18/2011 5:54:58 PM PDT by factoryrat
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To: catnipman

I am glad to hear another person also say that HP laptops are junk. Their PCs are no better. When people call me to fix their dead technology toys, a lot of it is HP.


25 posted on 06/18/2011 6:03:48 PM PDT by wally_bert (It's sheer elegance in its simplicity! - The Middleman)
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

You’ve reminded me of changing my tag line,

The Economic Boom Heard Around The World => TEA Party 2012


26 posted on 06/18/2011 6:12:56 PM PDT by Son House (The Economic Boom Heard Around The World => TEA Party 2012)
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To: Larry Lucido
doomsday chorus all but predicted the end for Japan...

Japan will be fine.


27 posted on 06/18/2011 6:14:20 PM PDT by C210N (0bama, Making the US safe for Global Marxism)
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To: ColdSteelTalon

HP’s consumer line is lower quality, just like Dell/Toshiba/Lenova/etc. Their business-lines as well as their Envy lines are quite good.

the new Envy’s match (in some cases,) the Macbook pro line but you’ll pay for it.

I suspect this move is for those higher end lines.


28 posted on 06/18/2011 6:15:33 PM PDT by ATLDiver
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To: ColdSteelTalon

>.Good maybe HP quality will go up. I know the last two notebooks I bought from them were junk...<

Yup. JUNK. Will NEVER buy Hp ever. Their customer service is the worst, even their tIER 2 CS in Vancouver, canada. (No wonder they riot so much).

If the production costs are higher, they will pass on the “savings” to their customers so their cheapest crappy laptops will probably sell for $500 more. Oh goody. (s/)


29 posted on 06/18/2011 6:19:04 PM PDT by max americana (.)
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To: MissMack99

The keyboards will glow in the dark. Don’t you like that? I had to pay extra for it last year. Now free.


30 posted on 06/18/2011 6:21:53 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: BfloGuy

Great news!! Hope this trend to move away from China-made junk continues!


31 posted on 06/18/2011 6:24:21 PM PDT by nicmarlo
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To: ken21

Because corporations are in business to make money. Taking a hit on higher pay to the Japanese will produce better quality products in the long run (albeit slightly irradiated).

Higher taxes are coming to US businesses and the rule of law has pretty broken down so it is not a climate conducive to business.


32 posted on 06/18/2011 7:01:36 PM PDT by Razzz42
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To: wally_bert

I’ve had good luck with HP Desktops. Laptops, not so much.


33 posted on 06/18/2011 7:10:37 PM PDT by MarkeyD (Obama is a victim of Affirmative Action)
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To: ken21

because HP forgot who they came to the with.


34 posted on 06/18/2011 7:32:15 PM PDT by magua
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To: wally_bert

“When people call me to fix their dead technology toys, a lot of it is HP.”

Ditto. And frequently they’re so broken they’re not cost-effective to repair so I have to tell people they’d be better off to buy a new laptop.


35 posted on 06/18/2011 7:40:12 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Made from the right stuff!)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks BfloGuy.
Take a look at them moccasins. What kind of skins is them? What's that writing mean? Nikkei...what is that?

36 posted on 06/18/2011 8:30:33 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
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China, Japan, and the UK: the United States’ greatest three debt holders, correct?


37 posted on 06/18/2011 8:34:37 PM PDT by Gene Eric (*** Jesus ***)
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To: Larry Lucido
The Japanese need the time to get busy. Their work culture that demands that all the employees stay until the ‘boss’ leaves... only to be required to then go to a bar and get ‘s41t-faced’ in the name of workcenter ‘bonding’. That really leaves very little time for the average Japanese salaryman to actual get busy.

Or for that matter, look for a nice lady to settle down and get busy with.

Or to help raise any children, too.

38 posted on 06/18/2011 9:27:12 PM PDT by gogogodzilla (Live free or die!)
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To: gogogodzilla

How did there ever get to be 100,000,000 Japanese? Someone was doing some fooling around somewhere.


39 posted on 06/18/2011 10:31:42 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Larry Lucido

Correction, 127 million.


40 posted on 06/18/2011 10:34:03 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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