U.S. manufacturers have become an endangered species as a result of the Chinese economic tsunami previously discussed in this publication1. They and their job shop suppliers of components and processing, e.g., surface finishing, have reported their ability to compete with the imports of Chinese and other countries, such as India and Vietnam, by: centre dot Focusing on lower-dollar volume orders; centre dot providing shorter turnaround time; centre dot reworking shipments rejected by U.S. customers; centre dot converting and focusing on higher-technology parts and processes; centre dot concentrating marketing efforts on military, aerospace, medical, and similar high-technology-based products and components; centre dot providing faster design and engineering changes through innovative procedures; centre dot and providing fast replacement of parts lost in transit.
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