Comments on: The Upside of a Down Economy – American Manufacturers Get New Talent http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2009/06/05/the-upside-of-a-down-economy-american-manufacturers-get-new-talent/ Motorcycle News for Positive People Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:34:05 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: laurent http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2009/06/05/the-upside-of-a-down-economy-american-manufacturers-get-new-talent/comment-page-1/#comment-244477 laurent Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:42:51 +0000 http://thekneeslider.com/?p=6218#comment-244477 Good stuff, Manufacturing suffered much more of excessive greed and short sighted strategies than any form of unfair competition. I've never heard someone in the medias pointing out that the Germans are top exporters of manufactured good while having very high social cost, not to mention the many car makers who have their products made in Belgium (sky high labor costs). If only the banks could wake up and support new initiatives. Best Good stuff,
Manufacturing suffered much more of excessive greed and short sighted strategies than any form of unfair competition.

I’ve never heard someone in the medias pointing out that the Germans are top exporters of manufactured good while having very high social cost, not to mention the many car makers who have their products made in Belgium (sky high labor costs).

If only the banks could wake up and support new initiatives.

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]]> By: Tom http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2009/06/05/the-upside-of-a-down-economy-american-manufacturers-get-new-talent/comment-page-1/#comment-244444 Tom Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:28:26 +0000 http://thekneeslider.com/?p=6218#comment-244444 We've got a big stack of crates on our factory's back dock, filled with our manufactured goods. The crates have two labels: "Made in USA" and "Destination: China". We’ve got a big stack of crates on our factory’s back dock, filled with our manufactured goods. The crates have two labels: “Made in USA” and “Destination: China”.

]]> By: tonyp http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2009/06/05/the-upside-of-a-down-economy-american-manufacturers-get-new-talent/comment-page-1/#comment-244442 tonyp Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:20:42 +0000 http://thekneeslider.com/?p=6218#comment-244442 David 06.07.09 at 1:48 am Well said. David 06.07.09 at 1:48 am

Well said.

]]> By: Kenny http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2009/06/05/the-upside-of-a-down-economy-american-manufacturers-get-new-talent/comment-page-1/#comment-244416 Kenny Mon, 08 Jun 2009 08:19:54 +0000 http://thekneeslider.com/?p=6218#comment-244416 Paul, Perhaps you missunderstood me, I am studying a course i love, Mechanical Engineering, and at every opportunity i try to expand my knowledge of everything related to it, one of the reasons The Kneeslider is the 1st port of call when I log onto the net, I am doing courses pertaining to welding and the like to get a more grounded basis and visceral understanding of what makes mechanics tick (in the physics sense of the word not the people) and to hopefully some day design and build my own bike/ car or whatever takes my fancy. What i was commenting on was the state of the economy around me as I see it. I'm not a economic forecaster by any measure so take whatever i say with a pinch of salt. A disproportionate amount of the kids I went to school with have either not bothered furthering their education or else dropped out and are currently on unemployment benifit. I recently read an article where it was stated that there was a 48% increase of under 25's signing onto the dole last year, nationwide! And i can only expect that number to increase Paul,
Perhaps you missunderstood me, I am studying a course i love, Mechanical Engineering, and at every opportunity i try to expand my knowledge of everything related to it, one of the reasons The Kneeslider is the 1st port of call when I log onto the net, I am doing courses pertaining to welding and the like to get a more grounded basis and visceral understanding of what makes mechanics tick (in the physics sense of the word not the people) and to hopefully some day design and build my own bike/ car or whatever takes my fancy.
What i was commenting on was the state of the economy around me as I see it. I’m not a economic forecaster by any measure so take whatever i say with a pinch of salt.
A disproportionate amount of the kids I went to school with have either not bothered furthering their education or else dropped out and are currently on unemployment benifit.
I recently read an article where it was stated that there was a 48% increase of under 25’s signing onto the dole last year, nationwide! And i can only expect that number to increase

]]> By: Tin Man 2 http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2009/06/05/the-upside-of-a-down-economy-american-manufacturers-get-new-talent/comment-page-1/#comment-244392 Tin Man 2 Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:30:38 +0000 http://thekneeslider.com/?p=6218#comment-244392 David, Maybe we are not as far apart as we seem to be. If your company is taking its top workers and teaching them to improve themselfs that sure is a good thing, In my day that was called an aprentiship and worked very well for many years. My complaint is when a firm brings in Grads and puts them in charge before they know anything about the department they manage. This destroys moral and respect for authority, By both the workers and other managers who see the results of this nonsense. Im comfortably retired and have no dog in this fight, But I base my views on observations made during my 33Yrs watching many different companys as a Truck Driver who visited many firms every day. David, Maybe we are not as far apart as we seem to be. If your company is taking its top workers and teaching them to improve themselfs that sure is a good thing, In my day that was called an aprentiship and worked very well for many years. My complaint is when a firm brings in Grads and puts them in charge before they know anything about the department they manage. This destroys moral and respect for authority, By both the workers and other managers who see the results of this nonsense. Im comfortably retired and have no dog in this fight, But I base my views on observations made during my 33Yrs watching many different companys as a Truck Driver who visited many firms every day.

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