Re:Apple plans to spend $1B to support advanced manufacturin...
by _pmf_ on Thursday May 04, 2017 @03:56PM
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> Automated small batch production could even make things like ordering the exact same shirt you bought 10 years ago affordable.
Automated production does not imply that setting up the production line is automated. You can't just reconfigure a production line because you don't have machinery on standby (these would be dead assets in the 10 MM range). High precision molds used for Lego, for example, are in the 250000 EUR range. You don't have these laying around and cannot order special tools with a lead time of less that a quarter year.
Automated production does not imply that setting up the production line is automated. You can't just reconfigure a production line because you don't have machinery on standby (these would be dead assets in the 10 MM range). High precision molds used for Lego, for example, are in the 250000 EUR range. You don't have these laying around and cannot order special tools with a lead time of less that a quarter year.