FX has a problem that most companies would love to have. THEY CANT MAKE RIFLES QUICKER THAN THE CUSTOMERS WANT TO BUY THEM.
Imagine if everyone wanted a F-150 more than Ford could ever produce. Do you think ford would be content limiting their sales, no way they would figure out a way to make more. That type of thinking and drive seems to be missing in privately owned businesses.
What does it take to build a rifle other than the obvious. The most important step is to have reliable sources that can produce the needed components. If your manufacturing can’t make the parts quick enough at a level of quality that is required you are left with these choices
1- limited production
This can work but only if you can convince the customers to wait, this will most likely lead to a loss of sales as potential customers will make other choices.
2- use subcontractors
Can only work if your quality control insurers that there will be no loss of of the high level of needed craftsmanship needed, advantage you save capital on inferstructure
3- increase company production
On the surface this can seem to be the obvious and best solution but it can be very risky. Once you invest in hiring more skilled craftsmen and expensive manufacturing hardware you then have the problem of keep the sales up at a point where the ideal production capacity can be maintained, not just now but in the future. You have a very critical balance point that must be reached.
From what I’ve read and observed companies tend to do a combination of the above. To do it successfully you must have an well organized team of professionals that can solve and proceed on with the constant problematic situations that manufacturing is. Not being an insider at FX I couldn’t tell you specifically what their goals are nor what their manufacturing plans it’s not as simple as Frederic calling the factory and telling them to double production this month. It’s finally becomes a sales manufacturing capacity balance that all companies must solve.
If I had a company like FX I would first try to streamline production and distribution, they have recently changed their distribution method in the US we can only hope that they have a tested well thought out plan with the proper personnel needed to achieve results but as they say what is the use of a big armyif you only have a limited supply of bullets. They must have product to sell. One thing that’s not complicated is to limit your product choices drop the slow selling items in your catalog concentrate on manufacturing and selling the “A” items in your catalog .
i have faith that FX will be coming out of their business production shortfalls as they seem to be trying to do things different from their past history. In business you must change and evolve continually as you can’t be making the same decisions and expect different results.
