We live in the ruins of a great civilization — abandoned mills, hollowed-out towns, and the bones of an industrial empire scattered through the hills where the Rust Belt and Appalachia collide. But beneath the decay is the last place in America that still remembers how to build things, mine things, forge things, and make a nation powerful.
@CalebChamberla6 In the world of physical constraints (manufacturing) anything over 40% annualized really starts to break processes, people and systems. Congrats on the growth - that's huge!
@aphysicist Though the early 2000’s Chinese tool and die shops killed our tool and die division with delivered prices lower than our raw material. Our large customers motivated and incentivized by quarterly earnings had no choice but to proceed with lowest cost. This was economic warfare.
@OhioYRs@VivekGRamaswamy Another classic example of the uniparty failing to put out a good candidate. Vivek was saying all the right things at first. The more he talks the worse it gets.
@CalebChamberla6 Can only imagine the cluster of a government AI conducting a valuation on your privately held business and then auto assessing the extortion.
@USTradeRep We’ve got to continue to focus on cost of energy inputs into domestic base metals. Very often we quote against foreign competition and our cost of raw metals is greater than the foreign delivered price! No amount of labor efficiency or automation on our end can compete.
For years we’ve been forcing our processes into an ERP that was never built for us, patching it with custom add-ons along the way. I’m excited about the potential for an internal vibe-coded ERP replacement project built around our actual workflows. American Monozukuri is within reach!