Sorrento Networks Engages Sonic Manufacturing Technologies
DENVER — August 24, 2012 — Sorrento Networks announced today that it has entered into a contract manufacturing agreement with Sonic Manufacturing Technologies to manufacture all Sorrento products. Sonic is one of the premier regional turnkey contract manufacturers in Silicon Valley, California. The company offers regional and global customers complete product lifecycle electronics manufacturing services […]
Andy Grove: The former leader of Intel wants to see more manufacturing jobs in the United States—by any means necessary.
In an article he wrote last year in Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Andy Grove called himself “a onetime factory guy.” It was a reminder that the 74-year-old retired chairman of Intel knows from experience how costly and risky manufacturing can be. Given these challenges, Grove argues, the U.S. government should do far more to nurture manufacturing, or […]
Some manufacturing heads back to USA
Faced with rising costs, General Electric is moving production of its new energy-efficient water heater halfway around the world. The country it’s leaving? China. The one it’s bringing 400 jobs and a newly renovated factory? The United States. A small but growing band of U.S. manufacturers — including giants such as General Electric (GE), NCR […]
Apple factory finds answer to worker suicides… replace staff with one million robots
Taiwan’s Foxconn Technology Group, known for assembling Apple’s iPhones and iPads in China, plans to use more robots, with one report saying the company will use one million of them in the next three years, to cope with rising labour costs.
LagBuster: Eliminates lag in online games
Manufacturing Process It is really important to us that we deliver a 100% quality product to gamers, so we chose manufacturing partners with a strong reputation for delivering excellent products on time. We were very fortunate that one of the world’s best electronics manufacturers is almost in our backyard here in California. Sonic Manufacturing Technologies […]
Revisiting The U.S. Manufacturing Renaissance
More than two years have passed since we introduced our U.S. Manufacturing Renaissance theme. At that time, we detailed initial signs of a pick-up in domestic manufacturing driven by both a return of formerly outsourced production and an expansion in goods for export. This trend was being driven by a number of factors, although headwinds […]
Why U.S. Manufacturing Is Poised for a Comeback (Maybe)
Manufacturing in the U.S. is starting to make a comeback, and is poised for even bigger gains in the years ahead. That, at least, is the way the optimists see it. Driven partly by more competitive labor and energy costs and companies’ desire to produce goods closer to their customers, the number of factory jobs […]
Seeking a Less Crowded Field, MBAs Find Success in Manufacturing
If newly-minted MBAs want a good shot at quick employment and salary jumps, they may want to turn their aspirations toward factory floors and away from trading floors. A survey of more than 3,000 graduate business students around the world, released Wednesday by the Graduate Management Admission Council, shows that grads seeking jobs in the […]
How An Old Analysis Technique Could Strengthen The U.S. Manufacturing Revival
U.S. manufacturing is at a major turning point. The quality and cost battles we waged to counter 1980s “Japan Inc.” are mostly behind us. The China offshoring paradigm is “equalizing” itself out: they are finding that success has its own inevitable costs. To continue readying this article, please click here. Tags:Domestic Manufacturing, Offshoring
The economic case for reshoring
If you ever wondered about a manufacturing model that works, look no further. The following article about the economic case of reshoring explains the Sonic Manufacturing model perfectly. Tags: Manufacturing, Reshoring