Most US manufacturers, finishers, and assorted job shops are being kept in the trough of the smile curve (see my previous blog post). These companies are being pushed down into the trough while new products, services, and processes are being created both to the right and left of this curve and taking all the value with […]
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If you are a finisher, you probably already know about all the trade rags. Everyone knows PCI (Paint and Coatings Industry) Another good one is Products Finishing Weekly. Recent articles include “Coping with Staffing Shortages”, “Powder Coating Heavy Castings” and “Exploring the difference between masking caps and plugs”. But the best website I’ve seen is finishing.com. site looks like it
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McKinsey’s Latest Mind the Gap Newsletter (their cleverly named Gen Z newsletter) shows how the most upwardly mobile workers make bold job changes frequently. And can you guess what sectors are they jumping out of? Answer: the manufacturing sector. Where are they jumping to? Answer: anything but the manufacturing sector – which is currently the
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US Manufacturers Need to Quickly Add Product Features and Functionality “As the pace of innovation accelerates across industries, having the flexibility to add product features and functionality becomes paramount. High mix and high configurability are increasingly replacing the “a few options fit most” approach.” * Fletcher Ryan, Jaju Mohit, Mahindroo Abhijit, Mongrin Daniel, Benjamin Plum
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US Manufacturers Can Compete with Overseas Manufacturers Through Customization We proudly founded our lighting company, Noribachi, and grew it to be a $40M lighting manufacturer, proudly made in the US. Noribachi made LED lighting for industrial and commercial applications: parking lots, parking garages, cold storage facilities, basketball courts, that kind of thing. When we offered the
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Manufacturers are dealt a losing hand in the US. Manufacturing is impacted by environmental laws, the GAAP is more strict with us, and our valuations are out of line with our contribution to GDP. All these contribute to US Manufacturing being undervalued, under digitized and underappreciated. Manufacturing is becoming a lost art in the US.
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