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'25 caravans produced on 1 production line in 1 day here for example. With the speed they are put together it is not suprising that occasionally gaps get left in the sealant or seals are not seated correctly. Mass production techniques in the caravan industry still rely an awful lot on individual workers not making simple errors that can cause so much grief to the end user.'

In the modern car industry there are numerous QA methods used to try to make sure simple errors aren't made.  I find it hard to believe that any modern industry doesn't adopt the QA tools necessary.  Perhaps the production managers in the caravan industry have more clout than the QA departments instead of both working together as a team.

When we received our van there were a number of checklists that had been ticked and signed.  Are these people that have signed the checklists not held accountable? 

'Whether they are held accountable or not dosen't help the owner left without his caravan for weeks/months for a problem that could probably fixed in half a day.'

By making people accountable and implementing proper QA methods the problems never happen and so nobody has to be left without their product for weeks. 

The japanese have never had the british attitude  - problems are bound to happen.  They take measures to ensure that problems are unlikely to happen and if they do happen they work out why they have happened and look into design and production methods to stop them happening again. 

Its called continuous improvement.  The caravan industry seems to be preoccupied with new models or features every year.