RSS BotMB to Hacker NewsEnglish · 24 days agoSharpie found a way to make pens more cheaply by manufacturing them in the U.S.www.wsj.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down11file-text
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minus-squareCannonFodder@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·24 days agoAutomation. Higher initial costs. But then you get your labor rates way down. Of course, maintaining the automatic systems will have an added cost an a few years.
Automation. Higher initial costs. But then you get your labor rates way down. Of course, maintaining the automatic systems will have an added cost an a few years.