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    • goosehdG
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      @Karol I know that @Alex and @Giles has referenced capacity issues in the past and am quoting one of G’s responses. There are excellent suggestions made all of the time, brought forth on items to be made or remade, but there is only so much that can be done with limited resources.

      @Giles said in Samples - New Products We Are Working On:

      During the lockdown in Japan virtually all foreign workers went home and were not allowed back in.  So mills and factories have been running at approx 60% capacity for a couple of years.

      Japan is opening up again now, so things will get better.

      How we fix this as a company was one of the major talking points when @alex and I were in Japan a couple of weeks ago.

      One of the factories that makes a lot of of our stuff was remarkable.  They have built a lot of housing onsite for the foreign staff, they have individual kitchens in each apartment and a massive communal kitchen.  They also have a massive vegetable garden so produce can be grown on site. Alex and I were totally blown away with the care that the owner of the factory and his wife took of their "family"….

      "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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      • AlexA
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        ^pretty much

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        • GilesG
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          We are officially at full capacity in all our workshops.

          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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          • goosehdG
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            @Giles said in Iron Heart Products - What do you think we should make?:

            We are officially at full capacity in all our workshops.

            ...and still can't make everything we hope, dream, and suggest. Capacity is capacity and there is only so much time, people, and machinery to make the things that we want. It's a good thing to dream, but sometimes reality dictates otherwise.

            "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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            • KarolK
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              @goosehd thanks for finding this!
              I always try to read up before asking those type of questions but I feel that after almost one year I just scratched the surface of all the knowledge that is already in the forum.

              Favorite:
              IH-888S-21 | IH-888-XHSib | IH-805 | IH-729-PUR | IH-555-XHS | IH-555S-25MB
              IHSH-339-SAX | IHSH-341-BLK | IHSH-293-OD | IHSH-362-BLK | IHSH-409-IB | IHSH-336-OD | IHSB-BIGBUCK-BLK
              IHV-44-BLK | IHV-02-BLK
              IHJ-75-BLK | IHJ-79-BLK | IHM-37-ODG

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              • SKTS
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                @Karol 21 Lefty one of my faves. Would love to see a comeback

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                • Tago MagoT
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                  @goosehd I think you'll find that the result of that equation is actually 50% 😉

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                  • goosehdG
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                    @Tago-Mago smart ass…😂

                    "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                    • goosehdG
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                      Please note that everyone’s suggestions for products are valuable to some degree. Some are great and come to fruition when time and space allows, others get a polite nod of acceptance, and other’s get downright rejected.

                      Ask @Giles, @Alex, or @endo how many times their idea’s have been shot down or ask Giles what it means when Haraki gives him the look. 🙂

                      "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                      • pechelmanP
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                        does anyone track suggestions?
                        I was just envisioning a google sheet where we could all see, in one condensed place, what was suggested, when, who, and with a reaction from the IH Crew of their expected likelihood of it happening, and if so, when in very rough terms of something like 1,3, 5, or 10 years. Could you all make that? Want help to get it started?

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                        • goosehdG
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                          @pechelman Like this:

                          @AdamJ said in IHUK - A day in the life of….:

                          Compiling sample candidates

                          IMG_8780.JPG

                          "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                          • goosehdG
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                            ...I don't know if there is a spreadsheet, but this is from one of the current meetings they had to discuss ideas that were thrown around in the forum.

                            "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                            • pechelmanP
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                              of course, but basically thinking the same thing. Might eliminate duplicate suggestions and also allow us to vote on them to help prioritize which ones that are likely to get here sooner or something like that. I also understand that this might be proprietary and you all would prefer not to share what you're thinking about to some folks who are already putting out similar things. Anyway, just a random thought. I'm still waiting on corduroy easy shorts, btw...those seemed like they were a shoe-in with the picture endo posted right after it.

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                              • DeeDee85D
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                                Can remember seeing that list the first time it came up… indigo easy shorts and indigo serge western for the win!

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                                • jerkulesJ
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                                  Would love to know what the red dots mean. Ideas that got a hard “no” or a nod of approval? Baseball raglans have a red dot, should I hold out hope?

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                                  • GilesG
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                                    @goosehd said in Iron Heart Products - What do you think we should make?:

                                    ask Giles what it means when Haraki gives him the look.

                                    The Look. Not something you want too often..........

                                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                      • GilesG
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                                        🙂
                                        At leat that has some upside 😳

                                        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                          @iammortalcombat said in Iron Heart Products - What do you think we should make?:

                                          I’ve probably asked before but why do we not tend to see a classic tank top - perhaps 6-7.5oz?

                                          I can’t be the only one that likes to wear the beater under an open shirt. Hanes and similar are almost see through these days.

                                          Seconded. I pop this request into this thread every six months or so - nice to see someone else also keen.

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                                          • GilesG
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                                            Just to add. We are limited in what we can make for a multitude of reasons. But principally, there simply are very few factories and workshops that can make stuff to the quality that we demand. And our ability to increase production in those factories is not just the turning up of a switch, it requires a step change in space, equipment and bodies. We know it is super frustrating for you guys, as it is for us. But frankly, we cant increase production easily without compromising quality, so that won't happen.

                                            But, as I said in the first post "We can't guarantee we'll listen and we may be so rude we that don't even reply, but we do read every suggestion.

                                            So just because we don't reply, or over-enthuse, it does not mean we have ignored the suggestion.

                                            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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