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Re:Milwaukee Tool Raises the Bar with New USA Factory by dmix on Sunday August 14, 2022 @09:11PM (#32464765)
How long do you think it would take for automation to get to 75%+ of the way there in terms of price parity?

It's mostly just a big initial capital investment it seems.

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Re:Milwaukee Tool Raises the Bar with New USA Factory by bluGill on Sunday August 14, 2022 @09:25PM (#32464867)
Depends on the tool. Automation is cheaper than manual work when you make a lot of something, and so can spread the cost of automation of all the results. Some things are easier to automate than others, and automation tech is advancing all the time.
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