E os segredos revelados do eficientismo vão acelerar ainda mais esta transição

"In the same way that small-plot gardens can thrive even in the presence of factory farms, small manufacturing companies can thrive if they are nimble and innovative.
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The sorts of businesses that capitalize on being close to their market range from custom furniture, which needs close contact with customers, to high-end mattresses (build-on-demand lowers cost), to niche couture (my own office building in the hot high-tech district South of Market also houses some textile factories, with immigrant Chinese workers working on locally designed clothes). That’s always been the case, but now these companies aren’t just local. If they’re sufficiently innovative, they can sell globally, too, online.
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I don’t want to suggest that companies won’t continue to outsource manufacturing to China or other low-cost countries. For many industries, the combination of relatively cheap labor and the concentration of suppliers that you can find in Guangdong is unbeatable.
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But what’s clear is that it’s not the only choice. At some scales, manufacturing in huge Chinese factories may continue to be an unbeatable answer. But at other scales, the advantages of making things close to home, with minimal delays and maximum flexibility, can be a better choice. And with more automation, the economic gap between manufacturing in China versus manufacturing in the United States is shrinking.
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In short, electronics can be made in America, as long as they’re specialty electronics, selling in the thousands, not millions. (Moi ici: Ainda me lembro do meu último emprego... de onde estive quase a sair para criar uma empresa dedicada à produção de pequenas séries de circuitos impressos de dupla camada. Só havia produção para grandes séries)
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Such specialty goods usually command higher margins and are less likely to face competition from other commodity suppliers. It’s a classic market niche for a midsized manufacturing business. Big enough to sell globally and have an established brand, but not so big that it falls into the commodity deathtrap of razor-thin margins and scary overexposure to economic swings and the changing taste of fickle consumers."

Como Dave Bowman diz ao HAL:

"Something Wonderful is Going to Happen"

E os segredos revelados do eficientismo massificado vão acelerar ainda mais esta transição para um mundo de prosumers e fazedores.

Trechos retirados de "Makers - The new industrial revolution" de Chris Anderson