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Re: Dyson DC21
Reply #150 - 06/14/07 at 9:56pm
 
Quote from HARDSELL on 06/14/07 at 8:08pm:
A usual Carmine is doing the side step.  My point was that Dyson does not put a product on the market just to beat the competetion.  Dyson is the competition.  Hoover went busted trying to compete.  Regardless of the product the principle is the same.  Quality before quantity.

 
Hello HARDSELL:
 
And as usual you equate high prices with quality.  You must be Japanese!  An assessment of the dyson products, vacuums and others, in the last 5 years proves the two are mutually exclusive for dyson.  Why?
 
Dyson scatters its efforts on an overloaded pipeline of ideas and products.  In doing so, dyson does not measure the "effort to benefit" trade off on many of the products its brings to market.  Marginal products at best.  Not indicative of a company which claims to be one of quality.
 
The result:  The DC11 canister for $499.  Pulled off the market in 9 months and followed after more than 2 years (much too long a time) with the DC21 canister (the subject of this thread).  The contra-rotating washer.  Priced at 2-3X the price of the best washers on the market.  Sold only 1900 of these in 2004 when it was finally pulled off the market.  The DC16 Hand held for $149 with a 3-5 minute run time.  The dyson AirBlade.  Over 9 months on the market now and dyson doesn't have them even priced.  Most recent news has dyson gifting them away to vendors to spark interest.  Should I go on?
 
Here's dyson's problem:  Too much innovation is a bad thing not a good thing.  Reducing the number of products and focusing efforts speed introduction of new products.  It's the time tested theory of congestion and delay.  If a freeway is getting congested, do you load more cars on the ramp in the hopes that people will go faster?  Or should you try to take some cars off?  
 
Are you with me?  If you are then you know the business concept and practice of "Fast Innovation."  Dyson and his fawners think this is heresy when applied to designers and creative types who launch new products.  That's why dyson spends R&D on useless ideas and unprofitable products that fail.  While the dyson competition flourishes.  According to a 2007 survey of 150 CEO's, CFO's and senior level executives from among the top 2000 companies in the world, competition is the NUMBER ONE RISK to organizations.  Innovation was all the way down at number 8.
 
Dyson needs to apply the simple time tested "effort to benefit" tradeoff.  Then it won't have so many marginal projects stopping it from doing best on the big ones.  Then and only then will dyson be a quality product company.  And not a bull pen for 500 artful engineers.
 
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Re: Dyson DC21
Reply #151 - 06/15/07 at 10:41am
 
We get that you disagree with the dyson business model preferring the old hoover type model run by the bean counters as opposed to letting research and developement lead where it may.  I also believe you fail to think of this centuries global marketplace and have "US only" blinders on.  To refer to products that are succesful in other countries as failures because an international company does not currently offer them here does not recognize how todays worldwide marketplace works.  
 
The dyson airblade is said to be not available to purchase here until fall with increasing PR leading up to that.   Not surprisingly, to say it has been in the marketplace for 9 months when they are not even available for purchase yet is less than honest.
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Re: Dyson DC21
Reply #152 - 06/15/07 at 10:47am
 
Quote from Carmine_Difazio on 06/14/07 at 9:56pm:


Here's dyson's problem:  Too much innovation is a bad thing not a good thing.  
Carmine D.

 
 
Simply put, I think this is at the core of how we disagree in business.  We will have to keep watching dyson to see who is right.  They are doing quite well so far though.
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Re: Dyson DC21
Reply #153 - 06/15/07 at 12:39pm
 
Quote from JimB on 06/15/07 at 10:47am:
Quote from Carmine_Difazio on 06/14/07 at 9:56pm:


Here's dyson's problem:  Too much innovation is a bad thing not a good thing.  
Carmine D.



Simply put, I think this is at the core of how we disagree in business.  We will have to keep watching dyson to see who is right.  They are doing quite well so far though.

 
Hello again my good friend:
 
Of course, I believe you with you being my friend and all.  But for others who may not, can you (or other dyson fawners) provide verifiable authoritative evidence to support your claim that dyson is doing quite well?  Not just your say so and hearsay?
 
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Re: Dyson DC21
Reply #154 - 06/15/07 at 1:00pm
 
Quote from JimB on 06/15/07 at 10:41am:
We get that you disagree with the dyson business model preferring the old hoover type model run by the bean counters as opposed to letting research and developement lead where it may.  I also believe you fail to think of this centuries global marketplace and have "US only" blinders on.  To refer to products that are succesful in other countries as failures because an international company does not currently offer them here does not recognize how todays worldwide marketplace works.  

The dyson airblade is said to be not available to purchase here until fall with increasing PR leading up to that.   Not surprisingly, to say it has been in the marketplace for 9 months when they are not even available for purchase yet is less than honest.

 
Hello again Good Friend JimB:
 
The "fast innovation practices" have been revived in 2005 by a group of high powered business consultants who bail out "artsy fartsy" companies run by designers and engineers.  I'd be happy to PM you with the specifics since this thread is about the new DC21 canister.  True however that the theories and practices are derived from equations based on European mathematicians from the 1930's.  Which I should also say have passed the test of time and operation for many manufacturing companies over the years.
 
I never ever supported the HOOVER business model on this Forum and/or others.  Do you have any evidence of that beside saying so.  In fact, I made it very clear on this Forum and others several times that HOOVER's strategy in the 1960's to kow tow to the big box retailers at the expense of the independents (as dyson does) was "wrong business thinking."  And it led to many of its  problems.   However, I do support the ORECK business model.  You must have the two confused.  Wink
 
I hope you take the time to read TurboAce's post on the dyson airblade.  Very insightful.  I hope you have not purchased your air blade yet.  Not before you read a a real story of the product's usage and effectiveness.  
 
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Re: Dyson DC21
Reply #155 - 06/19/07 at 11:40am
 
Quote from Carmine_Difazio on 06/15/07 at 12:39pm:
Quote from JimB on 06/15/07 at 10:47am:
Quote from Carmine_Difazio on 06/14/07 at 9:56pm:


Here's dyson's problem:  Too much innovation is a bad thing not a good thing.  
Carmine D.



Simply put, I think this is at the core of how we disagree in business.  We will have to keep watching dyson to see who is right.  They are doing quite well so far though.


Hello again my good friend:

Of course, I believe you with you being my friend and all.  But for others who may not, can you (or other dyson fawners) provide verifiable authoritative evidence to support your claim that dyson is doing quite well?  Not just your say so and hearsay?

Carmine D.

 
 
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  DYSON LEADS SALES  
 
Leading makers of upright vacuum cleaners for consumers in revenue:  
 
Dyson  25.2%  
 
Bissel  15.3%  
 
Hoover  12.8%  
 
Eureka  11.9%  
 
Dirt Devil  10.0%  
 
Kirby  8.9%  
 
Oreck  5.8%  
 
Kenmore  5.4%  
 
Euro-Pro  1.0%  
 
For three months ending in April Source: NPD  
 
 http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/manufacturing/2007-06-17-dyson-usat_N.htm?csp=34
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Re: Dyson DC21
Reply #156 - 06/19/07 at 4:54pm
 
Hello JimB:
 
Do you have the NPD link which is the source of the numbers in your post?  I'd like to see the narrative and the numbers in context.  Why?  First, you don't say if the sales revenue data is as of April 2007?  Or some other year?  And second, you don't say what constitutes a sale: Is it counted as a shipment to the retailers and/or a bonafide end sale to customer?  And the sales price?  Is it the actual cost/actual selling price to the customer (after discounts) and/or the MSRP?  Third, you don't say the sources and methods that NPD used to collect data?   Finally, is NPD counting world wide sales?  Or just USA?
 
Usually these specifics and the details of the numbers are in the narrative/footnotes.    You may want to verify your percentages again too.  Why?  The total adds to 96.3.  Should be 100 percent.  Unaccounted percentage of 3.7 to sum to 100.  Wink
 
Also, if I recall correctly, the last sales revenue number provided had dyson at 20.7 percent (end of 2004).  Vice 4.5 percent for 2003.  If it were about 21 percent, it would appear the latest sales revenue numbers (depending on the reporting period) went up marginally since the end of 2004 (dyson base model prices were $400 and top of the line prices at $500).  Despite the fact that the dyson vacuum retail prices have gone up substantially in 2005, 2006, and 2007 (with base model prices much higher than $400 and top of the line prices over $500).    Wink
 
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Reply #157 - 06/19/07 at 5:57pm
 
To broaden the debate I'm supplying a link to an article with some interesting findings . . .
 
http://www.mindbranch.com/listing/product/R3418-433.html
 
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Reply #158 - 06/19/07 at 6:12pm
 
Purely on feel, the figures are questionable to me.  Something just feels out of balance.  One thing that surprised me was that the very. very expensive Kirby was at 8.9 percent.  Even more strange is that pricey but popular Miele is not ranked at all. As well, has Aerus's Electrolux dropped of the radar just like that? I'd also think that Kenmore does a bit better than 5 percent as it bears a well-known name and has been with us a long, long time.  Although I've no numbers to back it up, I stick to my guns in that the cheapies unfortunately are coming off store shelves in great number, thus there should be more names appearing in that listing to make it at least appear valid.
 
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Re: Dyson DC21
Reply #159 - 06/19/07 at 8:39pm
 
Quote from Carmine_Difazio on 06/15/07 at 12:39pm:
Quote from JimB on 06/15/07 at 10:47am:
Quote from Carmine_Difazio on 06/14/07 at 9:56pm:


Here's dyson's problem:  Too much innovation is a bad thing not a good thing.  
Carmine D.



Simply put, I think this is at the core of how we disagree in business.  We will have to keep watching dyson to see who is right.  They are doing quite well so far though.


Hello again my good friend:

Of course, I believe you with you being my friend and all.  But for others who may not, can you (or other dyson fawners) provide verifiable authoritative evidence to support your claim that dyson is doing quite well?  Not just your say so and hearsay?

Carmine D.

 
 
Why not share your vast knowledge with us and prove that JimB is wrong.  As usual you can't.  You just can't accept the fact that Dyson has proven you wrong from the start.
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