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>In this respect, off shoring manufacturing enables a greater range of innovation at much lower risk. I can build 1000 widgets overseas for $1 each, but I can't

>In this respect, off shoring manufacturing enables a greater range of innovation at much lower risk. I can build 1000 widgets overseas for $1 each, but I can't even get 1000 widgets in the u.s. due to the cost of the machines to make them. >The reason the US is still the powerhouse of manufacturing is because they manufacture simple and common devices like screws, springs, etc with machines. Your claims strongly contradict my experience. I worked for a manufacturing school in Chicago and learned a bit about the machining/manufacturing market. In the Chicago area alone there are thousands of computerized manufacturing shops on all scales. The smaller shops are often a dozen Polish guys, some CAD software and a few CNC machines. They will happily make your 1000 widgets. These shops survive specifically because Chinese manufacturing only deals with massive volume and is not nearly as reliable. They don't make "simple and common devices" but rather complicated parts for cars, airplanes, consumer devices, pieces of larger scale manufacturing equipment, etc... edit: I see from your other post that you work with textiles-- that's probably a very different market than the precision parts manufacturing I'm familiar with.

lfgmikujhygfv 17y ago
>I see from your other post that you work with textiles There is a Spanish high st fashion chain that specialize in very lean manufacturing, if an item becomes unpopular they don't sell it the next week. An new item takes a couple of weeks from design to the stores. Rather than the annual cycle in most textiles They manufacture in europe, but make money from never making an item that doesn't sell.
- blrgeek 17y ago
  http://hbswk.hbs.edu/archive/4652.html http://hbswk.hbs.edu/archive/4652.html Zara supply chain ---> mass-manufacturing * lead-time Vs lean manufacturing * cost Applies to almost all industries. Difference is if you want a million of the same thing, or thousand of a thousand things.

lfgmikujhygfv 17y ago

>I see from your other post that you work with textiles There is a Spanish high st fashion chain that specialize in very lean manufacturing, if an item becomes unpopular they don't sell it the next week. An new item takes a couple of weeks from design to the stores. Rather than the annual cycle in most textiles They manufacture in europe, but make money from never making an item that doesn't sell.

blrgeek 17y ago
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/archive/4652.html http://hbswk.hbs.edu/archive/4652.html Zara supply chain ---> mass-manufacturing * lead-time Vs lean manufacturing * cost Applies to almost all industries. Difference is if you want a million of the same thing, or thousand of a thousand things.