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Mattel Quality Control
Mattel Quality Control
Should Mattel be responsible for it’s overseas manufacturers’ construction practices?
I noticed today, that Mattel is recalling yet another bundle of it’s China-made toys. What I’m wondering about, is why they don’t just fix the problem? When are they going to start employing quality control in their products? They’ve sold China-made toys for decades. China didn’t just recently invent lead-based paint. There has to be a point where someone holds the company in charge accountable for this.
I’m also forced to wonder, is there really a product safety issue, or is Mattel being brought into political affairs by bashing the Chinese export market? Thoughts?
It seems to me that Mattel is being very responsible, by voluntarily recalling all of these products. The problem is the Chinese government is not doing what it should in policing this stuff. Under Chinese law an outsider cannot really “own” a factory, they have to do it in partnership with a Chinese national. Most of these factories are small by our comparison and most use outside contractors to do some of the smaller work. Mattel furnished the lead free paint to use in painting their toys. The sub-contractors probably sold the Mattel paint and bought cheaper lead based paint, thinking they would not get caught.
Also the underlying problem is called “The Walmart Effect”. Walmart (the largest purchaser of toys and most other products in the world) demands lower and lower prices from its suppliers. These suppliers have to find ways to cut their overhead (and quality) in order to meet the Walmart demand. This demand of lower prices works it’s way all the way down to the subcontractors making small parts for toys for Mattel. They are trying to squeeze out a profit any way they can.
So I suppose one could say the we as American consumers are adding to this problem by shopping at Walmart.
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