Microsoft Closes US Surface Factory, Moves Production to China

Post by sanxiyn » Fri, Aug 17, 2018, 4:24 AM UTC

StillBored wrote: post #7

jjoonathan wrote: post #5

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Yep. Also, > American companies now produce many more products with far fewer employees PSA: You may have heard that American manufacturing is stronger than ever, it has just become automated. This story is largely result of funny accounting. https://qz.com/1269172/the-epic-mistake-about-manufacturing-...

Which is apparent to anyone who doesn't have their heads stuck in some spreadsheets. Huge American manufacturing sectors (textiles, electronics, home appliances, etc) which were made in this country 30-40 years ago are no longer made here, or are made here in significantly reduced capacity. So, its possible to talk about how efficient American manufacturing has become, but the average consumer doesn't see that as the…

Post by modeless » Fri, Aug 17, 2018, 4:41 AM UTC

greglindahl wrote: post #10

StillBored wrote: post #7

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Which is apparent to anyone who doesn't have their heads stuck in some spreadsheets. Huge American manufacturing sectors (textiles, electronics, home appliances, etc) which were made in this country 30-40 years ago are no longer made here, or are made here in significantly reduced capacity. So, its possible to talk about how efficient American manufacturing has become, but the average consumer doesn't see that as the…

Almost all of the high-value parts of an iPhone are made in the US. Yet there is a lot of hand-wringing about the low-value, labor-intensive work done on iPhones in China.

Post by Kurtz79 » Fri, Aug 17, 2018, 8:54 AM UTC

rayiner wrote: post #2

> Microsoft’s decision to shift Surface Hub manufacturing to China highlights the difficulty in bringing manufacturing jobs back to the United States. It’s not just a question of opening a factory and hiring employees. There are supply line considerations, source costs, and the simple fact that American companies now produce many more products with far fewer employees than they used to require in the 1970s, thanks to…

Post by golergka » Fri, Aug 17, 2018, 9:37 AM UTC

StillBored wrote: post #7

jjoonathan wrote: post #5

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Yep. Also, > American companies now produce many more products with far fewer employees PSA: You may have heard that American manufacturing is stronger than ever, it has just become automated. This story is largely result of funny accounting. https://qz.com/1269172/the-epic-mistake-about-manufacturing-...

Which is apparent to anyone who doesn't have their heads stuck in some spreadsheets. Huge American manufacturing sectors (textiles, electronics, home appliances, etc) which were made in this country 30-40 years ago are no longer made here, or are made here in significantly reduced capacity. So, its possible to talk about how efficient American manufacturing has become, but the average consumer doesn't see that as the…

Post by YouAreGreat » Fri, Aug 17, 2018, 9:57 AM UTC

golergka wrote: post #17

StillBored wrote: post #7

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Which is apparent to anyone who doesn't have their heads stuck in some spreadsheets. Huge American manufacturing sectors (textiles, electronics, home appliances, etc) which were made in this country 30-40 years ago are no longer made here, or are made here in significantly reduced capacity. So, its possible to talk about how efficient American manufacturing has become, but the average consumer doesn't see that as the…

> The problem Is there any problem at all, really? Humanity gets more and more efficient at allocating jobs and then at removing the need for human input at all. It's only a problem for people who cannot contribute to humanity in any way but repetitive manual labour, and while I genuinly tried, I can't feel sorry for them. You don't even have to have a high IQ for a different kind of a job - there's a LOT of jobs tha…