Woah, talk about fickle.. The future of manufacturing is going to be standard platforms with high customization around them. Common components and then

Woah, talk about fickle.. The future of manufacturing is going to be standard platforms with high customization around them. Common components and then customized wrappings, if you will. The reason is that consumers are pretty sophisticated and want their own thing but you can't build a phone for each and every person that's different. It's very difficult to achieve that…with a supply chain that's in Asia, even with modern jets. It has as much to do with time zones and culture and language. There's reasons why in a (creative) hyper-competitive industry you're going to end up with advanced manufacturing in the U.S. And this is a trend that we're beginning to see in many industries — Eric Schmidt, 2013-08-02 http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/baig/2013/08/01/eric-schmidt-dennis-woodside-on-making-motox-in-us/2609785/ http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/baig/2013/08/01...