Re: Favorite Tektronix Scope

"Too_Many_Tools" <too_many_tools@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:1136170087.862141.309520@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

> Thanks for the lead Jim.
>
> Could you expand on the "decline"?
>
> I recently checked into one of the more recent Tek scopes...very
> disappointing...no repairability.
>
> TMT
>
>

Tek began selling off it's parts making facilities,lowered it's employment
from 24,000,to approximately 4000 workers(it may be lower today),and then
had to drop profitable lines like the 2465 because they could no longer
make or obtain the parts for them.(shot themselves in the foot!)

At one time,Tek made every product sold in it's catalog.Now,most of their
products are made by other companies and resold by Tek.

Tek,in reducing it's employment levels,eliminated internal units like
"Service Support",that enhanced their product's serviceability,made
possible the extremely useful service manuals that included real
schematics,circuit descriptions,and parts lists.

TEK Field Service Centers dropped from ~30 to TWO.
(Actually one;DCFO,as the other is Beaverton Factory Service)

IOW,the beancounters won.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net
.

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