Most US manufacturers, finishers, and assorted job shops are being kept out of the digital revolution – and their valuations reflect that! If you do not want to stay in the trough of despair (see my previous blog posts Peloton and Stan Shih’s Smile Curve and How to stay out of the trough of despair […]
This is post 2 of a three part series on how to stay out of the trough of the smile curve – what I call the trough of despair (see my previous blog posts https://heyscottie.com/2022/07/peloton-and-stan-shihs-smile-curve/ and here). In short, you need to digitize. If you digitize your footprint, you too can get more value for
Most US manufacturers, finishers, and assorted job shops are being kept in the trough of the smile curve (see my previous blog post https://heyscottie.com/2022/07/peloton-and-stan-shihs-smile-curve/). These companies are being pushed down into the lowest valuation level while new companies are being created both to the right and left of this curve and taking all the value
Peloton announced recently that they were getting out of actually making things. Why? They hope to get rid of all the lowest value activities and manufacturing is low value. Chief Supply Chain Officer Andrew Rendich calls it “Partnered Manufacturing”. Many industries use this model, especially the aerospace, defense, electronics (called Contract manufacturing), energy, medical, food
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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 (link here). 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
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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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