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I know some people that run a number of small manufacturing sites spread across the US. When they get something tricky, they send it to their factory in (to av
by OldHand2018 5y ago
I know some people that run a number of small manufacturing sites spread across the US. When they get something tricky, they send it to their factory in (to avoid flame wars) State A, which happens to spend more per student than the national average. Line workers have the freedom to experiment and improve the process until they have something very good, and then they move the line to their factory in State B, which happens to spend significantly less per student than the national average. Probably just a coincidence though.
PS - 2020 was their best year ever and 2021 could be even better. People are currently willing to pay American rates to avoid supply chain risk.
PPS - Ohio is a great location for Peloton. I bet they can get 70-80% of their product by value from supply manufacturers just within the state. Expand to Michigan and Indiana and you might be at 85 or 90%. This is in the Toledo metro area which already has a large auto manufacturing supply chain, as well as PV panel production. They’ve got plenty of workers and suppliers to draw from.
- gogopuppygogo 5y agoOhio also has some beautiful areas you can enjoy nature in and low cost of living. It’s the winters that get you.
- halfmatthalfcat 5y agoSame could be said for anywhere in the Midwest tbh
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- jcims 5y agoAnd lack of spring and fall seasons. This is one of my favorite Ohio weather charts, temps are basically the same from June to the first week of October and then the bottom falls out. https://www.weather.gov/iln/climate_graphs_cmh# https://www.weather.gov/iln/climate_graphs_cmh# Got to 90 deg today.
- unpolloloco 5y agoWhat are you talking about? Ohio gets plenty of springs and falls, interspersed between winters and summers! Sometimes all in one day...
- hyperbovine 5y ago“Nature areas” in the Midwest will seem like a joke if you’re coming from out west though.
- zer0-c00l 5y agoGrew up in the midwest, can confirm this.
- daniellarusso 5y agoThat is a very interesting strategy. It makes sense, and also having enough diversity of locations to avoid infrastructure outages. Very clever.
- OldHand2018 5y agoIt was actually mostly serendipity! They’ve never created a factory from scratch; every single one was the purchase of a struggling, poorly-managed little place on the verge of bankruptcy, but with an order book. Each one had its own set of strengths and weaknesses, and they figure out how to use the combined entity to maximize each ones strengths.
- YeBanKo 5y agoWhen you say State A and State B, do you mean one of the US states? Per student in public schools?
- OldHand2018 5y agoYes. Factory workers do not usually have education beyond public high school ;)