The Manufacturing Landscape: Looking Forward, Looking Back
I find that every so often it is good to step back and think about the current state of manufacturing in the broadest sense.
I find that every so often it is good to step back and think about the current state of manufacturing in the broadest sense.
The manufacturing industry, stock market, and new product development have really taken off in the past four years, and there’s a lot of focus now on moving offshore manufacturing back into the United States.
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After two decades of offshore productions in low-cost countries, manufacturers are now struggling with the rapidly growing salaries and countereffects of cheap production.
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When Microsoft gave its 2,300 employees in Japan five Fridays off in a row, it found productivity jumped 40 percent.
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