Re: why did IH fail?

Posted by Novel Idea Guy on November 03, 2004 at 13:58:05 from (64.80.110.40):

In Reply to: why did IH fail? posted by caseyc on November 03, 2004 at 12:13:42:

IMHO, what started them down the slippery slope happened long before the '70s or '80s.

It was back in the '50s that IH made some crucial management mistakes. Which desicisions were the mistakes, I don't know for sure. It could have been the decision to release the "00" and "50" series tractors instead of the "60" series, or releasing the "60" series instead of the "06." Whichever it was, the delay of the modern '06 series tractors allowed John Deere to sneak the 3010 and 4010, the first BIG, MODERN row crop tractors, out on the market ahead of them.

Another big mistake of IHs was the penchant to ride a design way too long. The basic design of the M was used from 1939 through 1958. The basic '06 design stayed in use from 1962 through the end. A 3088 is basically an 806 with 20 years of refinements, and different sheet metal, for example.

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