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Sic Semper Goon posted:Walmart has a reputation beyond "Lowest Common Denominator"? My job involves a lot of regulation and quality assurance and Wal-Mart products have actual standards, believe it or not. Their specs are usually proprietary and a lot of manufacturers find them infuriating to work with because they're always slow to provide follow-up information and usually unreliable whenever they do, but it is possible to have a product lovely enough to not meet Wal-Mart's pass/fail criteria.
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bitcoin bastard posted:I'm going to be circumspect because if I gave details I'd out myself. The company I worked for a few years back had a perfectly functional widget that did its job properly and we felt quite well. It was sold at Sam's Club (Walmart Costco) for years with no issues. One day, papa Walton decided to either standardize pallet sizes or hold us to the existing standard, and we had to redesign our product so it fit within an x by y box. This was a huge loving deal because our widget was large by definition and a shitload of engineering went into turning one frame piece into two with the same structural rigidity. Sounds about in line with my experiences. We're in different markets but several clients I've spoken to decided to vent to me about working with Walmart out of the blue and their stories sounded similar.
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