Posts Tagged ‘manufacturing’
Brand limitations…
Sen. Bernie Sanders has more than once said we had too many choices and that no one needed 20 different toothpaste varieties to select from. Of course, under his democratic socialism there would be only one brand and its shelf would be empty most of the time. Some people do grind to a halt when presented with a plethora of choices, but most of them can be guided to considering what’s available then using personal preference and logic to actually make the decision they have been avoiding for quite a while.
The difficulties of maintaining social distancing when cranking out various types of frozen food meant that some lines of consumer brands were halted when COVID-19 hit. Manufacturers concentrated on the most popular items they could produce and get shipped efficiently. Meanwhile, both retailers and consumers howl when a favored product disappears. If you have children, you probably keep some frozen pizzas in your freezer. I am childless, though I do have a slew of young visitors, so I keep some too. Many of the paused items will likely return eventually, but if peoples’ preferences change, there is no guarantee. Bernie Sanders should love this — reduce choice by disease so no one can blame you for a feature of your brand of politics!
Not so sweet…
Hershey’s Kisses are missing their tips. There is no real explanation thus far, but you’d think the company would have noticed this defect before consumers started complaining.
Why would…
…fidget spinners be catching on fire? Probably because some of them are manufactured in China, which is none too concerned with how many Americans or their pets its products harm. The usual culprit seems to be the new lithium-ion batteries, which are touchy at best and prone to objecting to the tight tolerances required for modern products.
3D printing…
The Economist has an interesting piece on how 3D printing is already transforming manufacturing, both here and abroad.
Bigger government…
There are now more jobs in government than in manufacturing in the US, which is more a reflection of the enormity of the former than of the death of the latter. And His Oneness wants to add between 600,000 and a million more.
See Fabius Maximus, here:
Time for Thorns 