Posted by Michael Soldan on December 10, 2019 at 08:09:52 from (148.170.140.200):
This relates to the post on supporting local business . I'm not a big reader but my SIL gave me a book to read entitled "95% of Everything". It is about the movement of manufacturing to other countries and the movement of goods back to North America. It hinges on the shipping industry and the use of containers , relatively cheap fuel for these mammoth ships , cheap labour and increased profit. The book makes the point that 95% of the good we use, in our homes and work places have come from China , Asia ,Taiwan and other Asian countries. Car parts , clothes , and food. As an example Australian sheep are loaded on stock ships and taken to Taiwan to be slaughtered , the frozen carcasses are then shipped back to Australia where they are processed into various cuts , packaged and ready for export....all this is cheaper than slaughter houses can do it in Australia..its mind boggling ! The mega ships make cheap transportation and are responsible for this world wide trade phenomina. However I read an article by an economist who claims that in time this will all revert back to the way it was. His claim is that when oil prices rise, shipping will slow down. When Chinese workers organize they will no longer work for 12 cents an hour , they will demand better wages and benefits and manufacturing costs will rise , they already have wages from 2-6 dollars an hour. This book is an incredible read and really explains what is going on. And finally I have another son in law whose is in the tool and die business. He works out of Goderich Ontario at a place called Akrmold. They make every kind of die and businesses in North America France and Russia buy from them. He told me of an extrusion die for making rubber gromet for passenger car doors where the electrical wiring runs into the door. The company in Mexico complained of their poor production so my SIL had to go to Mexico. He found the die which produced 5 pieces at a time was incorrectly set up so it was extruding in only 4 of 5 channels (15% loss) and the operator had no idea how to use the die. He did not know to clean out the die after removing the molded piece , leaving debris in the die for the next extrusion...thus the 85% production failure was all about operator error. This happens daily in Mexico. SIL hates going there because it is seldom the die's failure...stuff like that , increase wages and high oil prices may well turn things around. The Book it explains it much better than I
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