Manufacturing: Muddled or Moving Along

Like in real estate, it is location, or in manufacturing Train, Train, Train.

Go to the schools, Encourage, Encourage, and then Encourage some more.

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this is a cyclic trend - right now the US manufacturing is slowing down due to various reasons. since a lot is being outsourced, it makes sense to tie up with the best comapnies offshore and get quality products at reasonable prices. A few years later, the cost of manufacturing around the globe may change or even out.

My segment, Energy is booming with a shortage of hands of all disciplines in the fabricating and vendor shops who supply us. I was recently at a vendor near Erie, PA and the shipyard, GE locomotive, and pressure vessel shops are coming back hugely. Training programs have been started with 50 some year olds learning to weld. Of course it is a cycle. When service sectors, retail, home building and the like are peaking we are at a low. But, with new regs out there, we are looking to about 10-15 years of never before seen boom times. How can an economy be built on service, retail, and real estate?

We all need to contribute our skills, desires, insight, time, and maybe money. I am starting my grandsons in Cub Scouts and maybe I can be a participant to show them the joys of thinking, ideating, visualizing, and creating. I have been sending a few simple things to school with the 2nd grader to share with his classmates. Anybody know of any websites out there showing science that is suitable for 5 to 8 year olds and one that showcases our varied disciplines?