Baby Cribs and Safety
I'm sure you have read the articles about the massive recall of baby cribs in recent months.
There is nothing that can be said for taking this issue lightly.
When babies are at risk, the issue comes to the forefront automatically.
On the other hand, a mother can't afford to leave a child without all of her attention and go on a national crusade to educate suppliers to increase the quality standards of products.
Baby Crib Haven was formed in the midst of this issue for reasons other than just trying to create another online store that ends up crowded full of various products without a strict policy in place to screen the products for safety.
The thought process behind starting the online store was simply to research all of the manufacturing base and limiting the supply chain to only those manufacturers that were above a certain criteria.
The criteria used to select the products for the Baby Crib Haven online store comes from 34 years of corporate experience at the ownership level.
The core of that experience involved being on technical specification committees where safety was the focal point.
But this was in the heavy industrial sector where a product supplied or used in aircraft, nuclear energy plants, railroads, chemical plants, etc.
, could not afford to lack in safety.
You have seen some of the disasters caused by this.
Having said this, it seems that sometimes the U.
S.
industry puts more emphasis on the aircraft to make it perfect and forgets that it takes quality people to fly it.
It became immediately apparent that when it comes to baby cribs and the research began, that the first thing I found were directories for wholesalers that looked like it was forbidden to list a U.
S.
manufacturer.
In the first hour of research it was decided to partner with one U.
S.
firm with a wide selection of products to cover the scope of the product category.
Also, a firm that had quality people who could be trusted, and could communicate on a daily basis in a professional way.
The second item that was interesting was the fact that online suppliers of baby cribs, baby crib parts, toddler beds and lifetime cribs, didn't have technical specifications and safety in the forefront.
It's obvious to see that they have competition, sales and profit in the forefront.
This is based on a faulty marketing system where the supplier thinks that the budget of the mother is more important than anything.
FREE SHIPPING was the most popular phrase.
Noting is free when it comes to how the net income gets on the supplier's bottom line.
This in itself is dishonesty.
When you take the base resale price of the baby crib and add the freight to the price, then there is a way to deceive the customer into thinking they are getting something for free.
What about the safety of the baby? Why are we obsessed on who has the item that is two dollars less? I really believe that the process of safety begins at the manufacturer.
But if the intervention and enticement of low cost parts and competition with other countries is the driving force, then babies who lost their life become only a headline in a newspaper that ends up in the trash can.
Items made in other countries, for all the mothers know, could have parts that were made in a basement lab and approved by a fifteen year old.
The fact is that babies are the only thing in the forefront and for all the online suppliers who lie about their price to fish people in through Google and after you click through to the website the price magically changes, there needs to be a clear message sent.
The next time you hear your baby crying in the other room, think about the products you sold other people where you ignored safety in lieu of profit.
This mess we call global economy is starting to get under people's skin in America.
Especially those mothers who purchased a baby crib from suppliers who sell out to profit and left the baby unattended.
Especially the mothers who lost the child.
Maybe the blame belongs to the process of caving in to the supply and demand curve of foreign exchange.
When you look at the product selection of the largest retail chains, there are basically few American made products.
When you purchase items made offshore, they break or fail repeatedly.
The latches on your door, faucets that drip, handles that break, batteries that go dead and even automobiles that have foreign parts that tell you that your engine isn't running when you're driving the car down the road.
Safety or price? A baby's life or profit? American made or foreign? Baby Crib Haven has already made the decision to supply products where the safety is controlled in Ohio.
There is nothing that can be said for taking this issue lightly.
When babies are at risk, the issue comes to the forefront automatically.
On the other hand, a mother can't afford to leave a child without all of her attention and go on a national crusade to educate suppliers to increase the quality standards of products.
Baby Crib Haven was formed in the midst of this issue for reasons other than just trying to create another online store that ends up crowded full of various products without a strict policy in place to screen the products for safety.
The thought process behind starting the online store was simply to research all of the manufacturing base and limiting the supply chain to only those manufacturers that were above a certain criteria.
The criteria used to select the products for the Baby Crib Haven online store comes from 34 years of corporate experience at the ownership level.
The core of that experience involved being on technical specification committees where safety was the focal point.
But this was in the heavy industrial sector where a product supplied or used in aircraft, nuclear energy plants, railroads, chemical plants, etc.
, could not afford to lack in safety.
You have seen some of the disasters caused by this.
Having said this, it seems that sometimes the U.
S.
industry puts more emphasis on the aircraft to make it perfect and forgets that it takes quality people to fly it.
It became immediately apparent that when it comes to baby cribs and the research began, that the first thing I found were directories for wholesalers that looked like it was forbidden to list a U.
S.
manufacturer.
In the first hour of research it was decided to partner with one U.
S.
firm with a wide selection of products to cover the scope of the product category.
Also, a firm that had quality people who could be trusted, and could communicate on a daily basis in a professional way.
The second item that was interesting was the fact that online suppliers of baby cribs, baby crib parts, toddler beds and lifetime cribs, didn't have technical specifications and safety in the forefront.
It's obvious to see that they have competition, sales and profit in the forefront.
This is based on a faulty marketing system where the supplier thinks that the budget of the mother is more important than anything.
FREE SHIPPING was the most popular phrase.
Noting is free when it comes to how the net income gets on the supplier's bottom line.
This in itself is dishonesty.
When you take the base resale price of the baby crib and add the freight to the price, then there is a way to deceive the customer into thinking they are getting something for free.
What about the safety of the baby? Why are we obsessed on who has the item that is two dollars less? I really believe that the process of safety begins at the manufacturer.
But if the intervention and enticement of low cost parts and competition with other countries is the driving force, then babies who lost their life become only a headline in a newspaper that ends up in the trash can.
Items made in other countries, for all the mothers know, could have parts that were made in a basement lab and approved by a fifteen year old.
The fact is that babies are the only thing in the forefront and for all the online suppliers who lie about their price to fish people in through Google and after you click through to the website the price magically changes, there needs to be a clear message sent.
The next time you hear your baby crying in the other room, think about the products you sold other people where you ignored safety in lieu of profit.
This mess we call global economy is starting to get under people's skin in America.
Especially those mothers who purchased a baby crib from suppliers who sell out to profit and left the baby unattended.
Especially the mothers who lost the child.
Maybe the blame belongs to the process of caving in to the supply and demand curve of foreign exchange.
When you look at the product selection of the largest retail chains, there are basically few American made products.
When you purchase items made offshore, they break or fail repeatedly.
The latches on your door, faucets that drip, handles that break, batteries that go dead and even automobiles that have foreign parts that tell you that your engine isn't running when you're driving the car down the road.
Safety or price? A baby's life or profit? American made or foreign? Baby Crib Haven has already made the decision to supply products where the safety is controlled in Ohio.
