Posted by NY 986 on April 27, 2016 at 07:31:48 from (97.33.66.71):
I had mentioned product development in the other AC thread and wanted to expand upon it. It seems that even during the dark days of the early 1980's AC had money for new product development. Right before the sellout to Deutz they had a new series moldboard and chisel plow ready to be built. The 385 planters came out a couple of years prior. The R series combines had to be in development before the D-A merger. The biggest problem was that AC had no sense of timing when it came to product development and did not appear to be listening to dealers. The economy segment of the market mentality they had back in the WD days should have been dumped by 1970 at the latest. Some products should have found a way to continue to be built instead of short changing dealers who did not have access to shortlines such as New Holland. JD Seller mentioned that the JD 716/ 716A wagons were built outside the Deere factory system and Deere was not the first to do this. AC should have been agressive on that front as well with products that could not be justified on their own factory lines. We can moan about 'What could have been" with a lot of manufacturers but had AC management been more capable they could have been chasing right behind Deere today.
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