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Don't blame the buses, ... blame the operator
A reader's response to:
Chinese Buses on the brink
I would suggest to you, that Chinese buses generally meet
reasonable standards, that gives them credible safety and
reliability.
In the case of your buses (in Ghana), it appears that the operator has no
maintenance programme.
They appear to have not been checked and serviced on regular
basis, leading to the rash of breakdowns.
Dont blame the bus, but definitely look at the operators
processes, and get these processes changed as soon as possible.
Get the service and maintenance manuals re written into english,
although this is not the total answer, as good mechanics should
have instituted a regular service programme anyway.
The engine and transmission manufacturers would allready have
their own english version manuals available to the purchaser ...
contact them and get copies immediately.
Hire someone to correctly manage the fleet maintenance, and let
that person hire an engineer/s from China to supervise
procedure.
Surely this situation should never have eventuated, and blame
can be shared over a number of people who arranged the purchase
of these buses, but never even thought about how they were to be
maintained.
Did Ghana ever send a bus engineer to China to pre check the
buses.... probably not.
Fault now seems to be with management in Ghana, and this is the
area that needs to accept the quickest change, followed by my
above suggestions.
If this is not enough for you, then hire an agent in China, to
arrange the correct service and maintenance programme for you,
and include sending at least 2 or 3 of your own mechanics to the
manufacturers factory, for a week to learn as much as possible.
Don't blame the buses, ... blame the operator.
I am making these suggestions to you, based on my own seven
years of manufacturing and trading history in China, and my
knowledge of some other automotive companies, and their high
quality standards.
I hope it helps ... all is not lost ... just get organised, and
get on with it.
Regards,
Robert
IMC Group Ltd
Incorporating
International Machinery Co Ltd ( Auckland ) New Zealand
Autoline International Ltd
TEL 0064 9 2948727 ... Mb 0064 27 6609409
epic@maxnet.co.nz ... info@jinma.co.nz ... info@yto.co.nz ... .
Autoline International Ltd ( Ningbo free trading zone ) China
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