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High & Volatile: Prices of Integrated Circuits, and Shipping, from China

By ArtaPosted on Friday 20 August 2021Posted in Product DevelopmentTagged business, china, manufacturingNo Comments

One of the unforeseen consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic is the rise in, and the volatility of, the prices of integrated circuit (IC) chips made in China. ICs that were often less than a dollar, are now several dollars; a CPU that used to be $2 is now $15, affecting the base cost of the […]

Low Volume, High Mix: Survival of On-Shore Manufacturing

By ArtaPosted on Monday 16 August 2021Posted in Product DevelopmentTagged bicycle theft, bike theft, china, enclosures, manufacturing, off-shoring1 Comment

In North America at least, much manufacturing has turned to what they call ‘low volume, high mix’. The story told is that, with large-volume manufacturing having been off-shored, what remains is only low-volume; for manufacturers to survive, they have to adapt to having lots of clients, ordering a variety of small jobs. Having designed the […]