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Do Honda Destroy Redundant Stock?

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MCTID:
I worked for an American manufacturer of Compressors in the 70's and 80's in Manchester. We got a new 'Whizz Kid' looking after our large Stores. He had a major clear out of stuff that had been sitting on the shelves for years - OSMI it was called - Obsolete and Slow Moving Inventory. First he advertised it throughout our Corporate Business, with limited success....then the remainder went into the scrap bin....as it was costing us money to keep it !

We had five Rolls Royce Avon Gas Generators in stock at the time.......they had been paid for up front to power our Turbo Compressors but the contract was cancelled so we had them in our Stores for a couple of years.....every 6 months a RR Engineer used to come and check them - making sure their Silica Gel Bags and protection etc was still functioning - as part of the RR Warranty. Obviously the fact that we had these in stock got back to RR sales Department and they asked if we wanted to sell them back to RR. There was an 18 month waiting list to have new Avon Jet Engines made and the price since we'd bought them had gone through the roof.

Said Whizz kid cut a very advantageous deal for both parties and he came out of it smelling of roses !

I also worked for a Company in Canada that made large overhead Cranes....and after the Crane left the Factory, anything that was left on the shop floor went in the skip....as it cost more to catalogue and store than than it was worth....plus the Customer had paid for it !

McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
When I worked at Mercedes Benz Derby they regularly threw away slow moving parts especially for obsolete models - hence why I have a few spares for our R129 that I will probably never use that are sat in my loft!

The stock would be written off on the accounting side & moved into an outside shipping container where everything was scrapped once the container was full to make room for the next lot. Most PLC dealerships not interested in Autojumbles or e-bay sales.

AshimotoK0:

--- Quote from: Johnny4428 on February 21, 2024, 11:16:34 AM ---That’s an interesting story Ash. Wonder where that 750 went? Anybody on here want to own up?😂

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The Brighton gold prototype was prepped there for sale and the green prototype disappeared without trace. So who knows.
Personally, I believe the green bike went to Europe somewhere and disappeared there.
DS and James May went to the BBC to try to get them to fund a TV programme about the fate of the missing green Brighton show  bike but it was never commissioned.

Johnny4428:
That’s a pity Ash that would have made a great story.

K2-K6:
Don't think there's any interest in motorcycling within BBC programming at all.

Additionally, anyone that's worked for a Japanese company will recognise an extreme aversion to public scrutiny of something that has gone wrong. A very serious view and not to be underestimated how powerfully avoided if possible.  To keep that trust, even as employee from a different nation is a valuable attribute in their eyes. Probably low chance of co-operation all round.

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