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>> a 'factory on demand' of arbitrary size I can imagine a versatile manufacturing technology that has 0 setup costs(maybe 3d printing), and in the digital wo
by petra 10y ago
>> a 'factory on demand' of arbitrary size
I can imagine a versatile manufacturing technology that has 0 setup costs(maybe 3d printing), and in the digital world it should be possible to create the same things from different people.
But even with those technologies, centralization/clustering has some advantage: buying in bulk, cheaper labor, closeness to distribution, access to talent - and especially access to better technology.
But what are the advantages of the SmallVille entrepreneur ? why should he invest in that business ? and how could he survive long term ?
- ChuckMcM 10y agoI think for it to work we have to assume that Smallville's factory can dump output onto an efficient delivery system and pick up raw materials (perhaps subassemblies) from that same system. Whether it is rail, or dirigibles, or automated trucks. As for "Why Smallville's factory?", if I understand your question you are asking why anyone would contract with the Smallville plant for their parts over say Central City's factory? My assumption is that if all capacity is nearly equivalent (like machines are nearly equivalent in AWS) that factory choices would be based on available capacity and perhaps some risk avoidance (not have all your factories in the midwest in tornado season for example).