Recent content by fair.child

That would be the dream job for working with PRS R&D Implementation team. I don't know much about their hiring situation these days. I used to work with Amazon Go implementation, using deep learning for autonomous checkout. I think we are at the pace of getting there (check out standard.ai) that...

Oh no worries, don't be sorry. I was just confirming and I appreciate your view as well. Good idea. I have changed it. Thank you for mentioning another hint here: reliability and tuning stability. I didn't consider that as part of the value proposition for the user. Good point of view. I...

thank you for your kind words. I appreciate that you recognized my effort to this thread. What’s driven me actually came from my MIT professor (the program is called LGO and joint with UCSD as well). He mentioned that he has desire to bring back the best manufacturing operation back to US. I...

is it vertically integrated? Looks like in 2012 Paul did because of distributor acquisition. Not for 3rd party licensing strategy in this case. I might see that Surabaya/Mojokerto production handled by 3rd party. This is similar operation with Ibanez/Solar/Chapman through Cort Indonesia. I...

Also, there is an interesting story, back in 2012, this is from Forbes (https://www.forbes.com/sites/karstenstrauss/2013/03/27/paul-reed-smith-guitars-chasing-perfection-profits/?sh=34d0b92f3a7e) But with 2012 revenues of $43.5 million, it's difficult to be heard over bigger rivals Fender...

After some research and discussion with fellow operation grads. I think I can come up with this hypothesis: (this hypothesis gives me some preliminary thought about PRS's operation, it might not reflect with the current situation due to Pandemic) Mission statement: Guitar building is an ongoing...

I did a research with Kiesel and it seems they have different operation process. Their process is pretty much lean process/agile in this case and they are winning the market of djent/shred. In this case, differentiation. Jeff also mentioned their biggest competition in the market could me...

I have carefully taken notes for this one as well with Surabaya production. However, this is more known process in guitar manufacturing. I think PRS is well-engineering instrument. I have seen every time Paul touches the wood he always tests the resonance of it. I think he learned a lot from...

Thank you for pointing this out. It looks like the PRS quality stands over careful wood stability. I believe this is how you see the value in quality over PRS guitar.

Well I know Paul did some classes but I honestly am looking forward how PRS runs the business as a corporation. Within realm of Porter's Five Forces, I can tell that PRS margin of profit is still considered mid-high. I know for sure that PRS bargaining powers came from Suppliers and Buyers. I...

Hello Folks, This is my first post and I'm currently a grad student at UC San Diego, studying Business Operations. I'm currently doing research in regards quality, capacity, and inventory that relates in Business Operation System. I decided to do further research with PRS because I do know Paul...