Comments on: This picture has nothing to do with Manufacturing… http://www.ncms.org/index.php/2011/10/21/this-picture-has-nothing-to-do-with-manufacturing/ Collaboration That Works Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:36:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Scott http://www.ncms.org/index.php/2011/10/21/this-picture-has-nothing-to-do-with-manufacturing/#comment-624 Scott Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:22:43 +0000 http://www.ncms.org/?p=7006#comment-624 Actually, the picture has everything to do with manufacturing. All that you wrote is witness of the decline of American ingenuity (which starts at the point of willingness to actually work!) Using an example of 10 million lines of software code to represent manufacturing is misleading, at best. Almost everything else about the Volt, even its advanced batteries, started with some kind of resource extraction and materials refinement process – often dirty, sweaty, and yes, at times dangerous, work. It’s a nice daydream to think that the content of the Volt can all be created sitting at a desk-top. But that is not reality. Tapping away with our fingers in an air-conditioned environment, safe from the elements is a great job, if you can find it. Our problem is that we are forgetting how to use our hands! And for many Americans their source of income is their hands. And that is the type of reality we need to deal with. And not run from.

]]> By: Vic http://www.ncms.org/index.php/2011/10/21/this-picture-has-nothing-to-do-with-manufacturing/#comment-615 Vic Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:24:25 +0000 http://www.ncms.org/?p=7006#comment-615 Hello – I work for a spring manufacturer and I agree with both you and Aly above. The image of the manufacturing industry lacks a certain sophistication that many high school and college aged students find appealing and are attracted to. In order to capture skilled workers, we need to re-position manufacturing in their minds.

Thanks for sharing – Vic

]]> By: Aly http://www.ncms.org/index.php/2011/10/21/this-picture-has-nothing-to-do-with-manufacturing/#comment-611 Aly Fri, 21 Oct 2011 18:46:52 +0000 http://www.ncms.org/?p=7006#comment-611 Hi there – I work for a titanium bar manufacturer here in Houston. I’m so glad I came across your post because I actually JUST read another related article and stated my opinion that the overall perception of manufacturing needs to change. Manufacturing is so important to the US economy and in order for the industry to grow and prosper, we need to change the perception of what our industry is like. I’m glad yall agree!

Anyways, thanks for sharing! – Aly

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