Bicycle Theft
Apparently a bike is stolen every 71 seconds somewhere in England – with central London the no 1 hotspot.
….tell me about it, i’ve has 3 stolen in London on the last 3 years, all locked in public places.
What’s this got to do with supplier management? Well – I have a view that the ‘bike industry’ is at least partly responsible for these high numbers. Each time i’ve had a bike stolen i’ve gone back and got a new one. Each time the seller is understandably sympathetic, for at least half a second, before launching into….what bike do you want, of course you’ll need two locks, a digital tag and some insurance.
And I doubt very much if the bike manufacturers, or the insurance companies are too worried about it either.
Just how difficult can it be to produce a theft proof bike. This is probably the first time ever i’ve thought that maybe I should have done that engineering degree!!!!
