| Kris |
| Just out of curiosity – anybody has an idea how much a typical car windshield cost out of factory door? I mean glass factory supplying car industry.... |
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| dklanecky1 |
Not what you asked, but I had the windshield in my 95 Maxima replaced at 190k miles, at a local shop for $225 in 2002. I also had the windshield in my 00 Maxima replaced by the Nissan dealer in 2001 (cracked from below the hood line up, and determined to be under warranty).
The dealers cost at that time was $175 according to the invoice attached to the warranty repair order. I didn't get a copy of it, but I did see it when sigining off on the paperwork. |
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| MOCKBA |
LoL,
Discounted Dealer Price is $916 + sh.
I think we better stay away from rocks :(
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Originally posted by Kris
Just out of curiosity – anybody has an idea how much a typical car windshield cost out of factory door? I mean glass factory supplying car industry....
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| Kris |
| Cost out of factory door <$40.00 Yes, it is not a typo....less than $40............. |
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| mgthe3 |
| I have yet to get mine replaced....it has a crack 2 feet long from two different rock impacts within 1/4 inch of each other....on two seperate occasions. I dread what either the dealer or a glass dude will do to the mirror electrics...... |
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| hfelknor |
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Originally posted by Kris
Cost out of factory door <$40.00 Yes, it is not a typo....less than $40.............
Not doubting, but curious.
How do you know that?
Source?
Homer |
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| Kris |
I happen to visit many plants in various industries. And I do get to see VERY CONFIDENTIAL data. Sometimes it is just scary.....
Recently I visited (and audited) one of the Plants of most recognized brand in the world. After that a Tier 1 automotive industry supplier....hence the info.....
by the way - a side glass (that how they call door windows) is less than $6.00. |
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| GripperDon |
Kris, Respecting you information. I do suggest that is not the whole story, I suggest that is raw Manfacturing cost. Then you add G & A at about 150% and Burden on the labor portion at 250%
Plus Shipping and Profit for the Manufacturer. That all add up to close to $100 absolute minimum spent by the glass distributor who then makrs it up about 40% min. , Then Shipping again to the installer about $160 to $180 total price to Installer. Then Installation labor, say $85 to $100 and transportation by the installer to the dealer workplace, say $40. Total to Dealer $400 Dealer markup of about 60%. about $600 to Insurance Company, Could be more to you. |
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| Kris |
| Don, I said "out of factory". It includes material cost, labor, energy, taxes etc. It is commmonly called conversion cost and in most cases (as in this one) includes raw material cost. It does not include hoewver manufacturer profit......... |
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| GripperDon |
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Originally posted by Kris
Don, I said "out of factory". It includes material cost, labor, energy, taxes etc. It is commmonly called conversion cost and in most cases (as in this one) includes raw material cost. It does not include hoewver manufacturer profit.........
Anyway The point is their are a lot of steps between the factory and the consumer and a lot of charges. Energy and Taxes are usually a portion of and covered in G & A in conventional cost accounting, plus raw labor has burden on it for indirect support personnel, management etc.
From the sounds of it I hope you are not on your way for an MBA or have one. Are you ?:2: :2: :2: :2: :2: :2: :2: :2: :2: :2: |
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| Kris |
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Originally posted by GripperDon
From the sounds of it I hope you are not on your way for an MBA or have one. Are you ?:2: :2: :2: :2: :2: :2: :2: :2: :2: :2:
You've got to be kidding!:D |
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| SugarRushMurano |
My dad is in shipping business. Not the trucking but containers on the tanker ships.
He basically told me that the cost to ship items from the factory (usually from developing country like China, South East Asia etc to Europe or USA where ppl can spend lots of money on stuffs) will add only little cost to the final shelf price of the item. (1% - 5%). He says that most of that 1-5% are ranked roughly as follows:
1 ROI of material handling equipment including the IT system
2 insurance.
3 warehousings
4 tax and custom fees.
5 labor to load/unload
6 the actual cost for the ship and her crewmates
The more bulk/quantity that can be squezeed into a container, the cheaper the shipping cost. Economy of scale, naturally.
Again, I am not talking about some rich guy special order a porsche carrera GT from germany and rent an entire container to ship that one vehicle. I am talking about mass product items from factory....
There are special computer heuristics that will sequence the stacking of item into a container. You just need to specify the cubic size of the item and it will automate the stacking sequence for you for minimum shipping cost. many more amazing stuffs happen in ocean shipping world these days! |
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| GripperDon |
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Originally posted by Kris
You've got to be kidding!:D
I am always kidding, I thought you knew that by now, also punning when I can. :D |
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| Kris |
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Originally posted by GripperDon
I am always kidding, I thought you knew that by now, also punning when I can. :D
Of course I knew......... i still have common sense, or do I? Eh, nothing is obvious anymore, or so it seems......let's go back to Mr. Einstein......or Tesla...;) |
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| bruno |
I can tell you about the cost of a Murano windshield.
It is $300CAN including tax where I live. That's about $265 US, includes installation and everything works just fine.
A Honda 2003 Coupe windshield is the same price.
More popular vehicles like Chrysler vans are around $200 all in. |
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