I¡¯d suggest you take a break from posting on forums until such time as you can listen to the experience of others without name calling.
In my business cost is always the least important variable.
It is a distant third for my clientele being upstaged by the quality of the work and the timeframes in which the work is executed.
In my shop of primary importance is that the machine, process or tooling is capable of executing the work.
Second to basic functionality is process speed.
Third is duty cycle and the attendant labor which changeout impose on production.
All of these are costs to the basic premise of a professional shop which is to execute the contract to the specified standards in the agreed time frame.
Tooling is a low cost consumable which has the risk of not selected appropriately to have a high carryover burden to process success.
It is a mistake to assume a consumable item at twice the purchase cost is an increase in overhead when it very well may decrease it.
Thank you for you thoughts but you are mistaken:
¡°¡±In a pro shop cost is the least important variable for tooling like this."
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If this is your position - then you aren't running a business.?? Cost of frequently replaced item (overhead) is absolutely a top variable, along with labor and material cost.? It seems it's that labor cost (and how it's allocated within overhead & into the overall cost of one knife system vs.. another) that we're really disagreeing about.
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While the initial price of a head or blades (and its tiny % of your overhead) may seem trivial - how one's choice of such absolutely impacts the business's bottom line.? Same as that cheap truck that slowly bleeds you maintenance, increased fuel costs and downtime vs. the new one that gets better gas mileage and is always ready to go.? Or any of the myriad of other capital expenditures you've made to increase your production (efficiency). ??
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Why did you upgrade or buy any of your equipment ?? Because it looked good in your shop ?? No , because its cost was offset by the money it makes you.? Or doesn't.
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Perhaps the gain or loss of one choice vs.another is acceptable to you , it's your choice after all. But to say that tooling cost is the least important line item is a bit naive in my view.¡±¡±
-?David Sabo
