Speaker Four
男:這件事情將會載入公司史冊,而能見證這背后的一切,我們都感到極為榮幸。
I know there's quite a trend to constantly reviewing your sourcing in the search for cost savings, but it was crazy to move over to such an untried firm.
我知道,反復審查公司的采購環節是節省成本的一種趨勢,但換成一家沒有經驗的公司實在是有些瘋狂。
The trouble was we were getting nearly all our parts from them, so everything was leaving the factory here with faulty components, with appalling results. We should have listened to the consultants, but on this one we thought we knew better.
問題是我們所有的零部件幾乎都是從他們那里采購的,最后,我們這里的工廠拿到的都是錯誤的零部件,結果也讓我們非常震驚。我們本應該聽取顧問的意見,但我們以為這個問題還是我們懂得更多。
It got so bad that predatory offers were being made for the division, and we had to think hard about how to save the brand's reputation. Raising fresh capital through new shares was the right way to go and enabled us to cover the losses we made in sales.