Sony Says Recall Strains Battery Production 28
Sony said on Tuesday that a recall of up to 9.6 million of its personal computer batteries was overwhelming its production capacity. The stated reason for making the strain on production public has more to do with warning Wall Street that they may lose market share to other manufacturers then with any sort of PSA.
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In addition, upstairs, there is a Sony HDTV. Before, there was a Panasonic HDTV that broke. The repairman came but it broke again. My dad had to find the email address of the CEO of the company in order to get his money back. A Sony HDTV was bought and there have been zero(0) problems with the TV itself. (There are weird things with the imag
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Hey, I hate the rootkits, DRM, high price too but I want evolution. The more mankind moves forward with tools (even if it's entertainment), the better. I really wanted to like my 360, but I still can't fast-forward MP3s
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You must be fun at parties.
Moral of the Story (Score:3, Funny)
Uhmmm. (Score:1)
The only PSA Sony should be doing is a warning about the dangers of exploding batteries. Perhaps the submitter meant press release when they said PSA. I always thought a revised earnings projection was more appropriate.
I think a more appropriate summary would say that Sony is having difficulty producing enough batteries and is considering the enlistment of other manufacturers to
Invading Poland (Score:1)
first A then B then C
Buy. (Score:1)
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Cost of Poor Quality (Score:4, Interesting)
This is an obvious result of their poor production run that had all the internal-shorting problems. They call this the Cost of Poor Quality. If you spend all your time making replacement product for no new revenue, of course you can't make new product that earns new dollars.
This article isn't about the basics of CoPQ, but about the shareholder reaction. Shareholders may punish Sony for CoPQ, but then again, that's why you need rigorous product testing BEFORE the customer gets it. If you're not testing it but you're sending it out to multiple customers (Dell, HP, Toshiba, Sony Vaio, etc.), then you're just asking for trouble.
On the plus side (Score:2)
Boo Hoo! (Score:2)
Worse, they KNEW of the problem for quite some time before they issued the recall.
Had there been deaths, a smart lawyer would have ripped them to shreds, and left the scraps for the maggots to fight over.
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Are there a lot of these kinds of accidents?
You would not believe.
Which battery company do you work for?
A major one.
The sad thing... (Score:2)
Dan East
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Only if 'the consumers' buy Sony batteries. They managed to sell so many because they were very cheap and had a name brand behind them. To make them no-explode, they'll have to be more expensive and won't be able to compete as well. So yeah, we'll probably pay more, but that's because we're getting better quality goods.
Seriously, if you WANT batteries that explode, Sony has a ton to get rid of right now.
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Do not taunt happy-fun battery.
So... They are making excuses..... (Score:2)
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If Sony doesn't warn investors, and then does badly, then the investors sue, and claim that Sony management concealed its problems, and should have warned investors. Therefore, Sony makes the announcement for the same reason it recalls the batteries: it is expected to cost less than the lawsuits if it fails to do it.
Gamble (Score:1)