Mesmerized By Mass Production » Just In Time

Is Custom Really Custom?

Glen — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:19:29 +0000

When you order a product that is supposedly custom, is it really custom? Or customized? How do you know? And do you really care?

True Custom™

What Carrio Cabling means by “custom” is really custom – not something we took off the shelf, made a minor change to, and decided to call “custom.”

Carrio True Custom™ does not mean higher pricing. In fact, in many cases you’ll pay less than you’d pay for a so-called standard product because you won’t be paying for features you don’t need. The features and performance you’ll get from Carrio will match your needs.

A True Custom™ product from Carrio gives you the features you want and the performance you want. Period. It’s that simple. That’s why we call it True Custom™.

Check us out: www.carriocabling.com

Does Custom Mean Higher Prices?

Glen — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:35:36 +0000

What Carrio Cabling means by “custom” is really custom – not something we took off the shelf and made a minor change it and decided to call it “custom,” like some companies do.

Further, a True Custom™ product from Carrio gives you the features you want and the performance you want. Carrio custom does not equate to higher prices. In fact, in many cases you will pay less because you won’t be paying for features you don’t need. The features and performance you get from us will match your needs. Make sense? Sound great? We think so, and we hope our customers do, too.

A Simple Man Living in a Complex World

Glen — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:38:25 +0000

Over the 21 years since I started Carrio Cabling, I’ve seen just about every trend, every dynamic, every economic situation, etc. But the last 2-3 years—the highlights of which have been the fascination with “half price” and all things China Made—have been more challenging and troublesome than anything in the past. Couple that with eroding business ethics and a crashing stock market and ….well, a simple man like me has a few things to say.

The result is my first book, A Simple Man Living in a Complex World: Life and Business—Campfire Stories from the Asylum.

What’s it about?

How businesses and consumers are mesmerized by mass production
Why cellular manufacturing works
Why it takes so darn long to get your “customized, just-the-way-you-want-it” sub at your local sandwich shop (or any product, for that matter)
The quest for the holy grail of near-zero pricing
How what seems like a crummy teenage job can change your life
The hidden lessons of Star Trek and Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory
The simple principles for running your business and your life so they are a success

A Simple Man Living in a Complex World is available on Amazon or you can order it directly from us. I hope the book inspires you and makes you think; at a minimum, perhaps it will give you a few laughs. As I was writing, I was inspired to draw some illustrations. They look like something I scratched out in Mr. Doezema’s 6th-grade class at Redlands Christian School in California, but I included them anyway since most days I still feel like that kid.