Today’s headline in USA Today, “UAW Strike Comes as a Shock”, underscores the importance of U.S. manufacturers to rethink the way they mitigate risks in their supply chain. Today, GM faces production problems because 73,000 workers at 82 U.S. plants walked off the job. Imagine for a moment a climate where we are […]

One of the major goals at US Reliant is to promote asset ownership, particularly in the USA. While outsourcing is a valuable tool in many circumstances, it should not be the answer every time. I believe frequently manufacturers choose to outsource due to lack of other alternatives. US Reliant’s fractional asset ownership program provides an […]

“This part here I could buy cheaper in China,” Rich Carone, CEO of Korvis Automation Inc., says referring to a steel component used in one of Korvis’ products. But – and the “but” is all important – Carone goes on to note that to work with China on short-run manufacturing requires months of advance planning and then still leaves open the question of whether he’ll receive products that meet his exacting specifications.

“It’s just never been clear to me how I can control quality overseas,” Carone says.

One of the more important and appealing benefits of fractional ownership of manufacturing equipment is for low-volume runs to become cost effective while maintaining ownership and building an asset base. Let me break it down.
In the past, a low-volume manufacturer’s typical cost effective solution is to outsource to another company. While this is a viable […]

I believe that fractional manufacturing could be one of the most significant advancements in manufacturing for the last 20 years or so.
In the late 1970’s and 1980’s we began to see a movement away from asset ownership and into outsourced manufacturing as a way to have parts produced without capital expenditures in manufacturing assets. This […]

About a year ago (August 4th, 2006) I sold PRWeb to Vocus. I owned and operated PRWeb for the better part of a decade. It was a successful venture and we had a ton of fun building that business. In July 2006, knowing that the sale was eminent, I moved Alex Linde, […]