> RoMunn wrote: > executive management has become a profession all its own, full of shiny MBAs > who can talk to Wall Street but don't know dick about their own companies > and make horrible strategic decisions
Yup, there's your core problem right there. The US is plenty competitive in the manufacturing space: just ask BMW or Toyota. And that's only going to increase as the cost of oil rises since it's relatively expensive to be shipping crap all over the plant. I know a guy who owns a roofing knife company: * He imports the raw materials to the US, then ships it to China. * China turns it into blanks and ships it back to him. * He deburrs the templates and ships them back to china. * China tempers them and sharpens them, then ships them back. * He imports the handles from Malaysia. * He imports the razored edges from some other country * Final assembly is done in MN. CRAZY! Fix the executives who're worried about short term profit over long term viability and you'd fix the problem. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:286831 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
