Re:Why manufacturing jobs aren't coming back to the U.S
by matt_s on Monday May 01, 2017 @01:14PM
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Interesting point of view from the labor side. I wonder if there is a bit of technological curve the US doesn't have as well in design and setup of manufacturing facilities. let alone the machines that make machines.
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Re:Why manufacturing jobs aren't coming back to the U.S
by HeyLaughingBoy on Monday May 01, 2017 @02:36PM
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Not really. You can find pretty much any skill you need here. The only real issues are (a) how much you pay for it and (b) how much of it there is. b drives a :-)
For a while, there was a fellow on a machining/manufacturing site I frequent who was getting textile manufacturing business going in LA by automating the living hell out of it. I believe he had purchased a failed business and figured out he could make money by automating everything he could and having a small labor force to do the things that were too difficult/expensive to automate. Like most people, he stopped posting after all his problems were solved (about 3 years ago), but it was an interesting read for a few months.