Is This the Rebirth of Manufacturing?

A major problem with trying to reawaken manufacturing in the US is that we have lost a generation or more in the development of some critical skills. For instance, a "machinist" today is one who can operate a CNC machine- how many machinists do you know today that would understand "feed and speed"? Many other skills are being lost that are critical to a manufacturing base, because all of the skilled labor is retiring without any provision to train replacements...

Manufacturing technology, and the trained labour, support the creation of value in an economy. Both require infrastructure to support them. Without the infrastructure, both will slowly evaporate.

Therefore, to grow the manufacturing base, the supporting infrastructure for technology and knowledge must also grow proportionally. The faster the knowledge base grows, then, the faster the technology infrastructure grows, and subsequently, the better supported is the manufacturing of products.

Chris

I hope it does, I started a 2 man shop about 2 yrs ago, and still can't quit my day job,Which makes for a very long week. Making things is the easy part, finding new customers is another story

Jim C