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Entrepreneurs Take On Manufacturing

Harvard Business Review

Likewise, companies like PCH International and Dragon Innovation are now available to manage contract manufacturing and otherwise “make manufacturing feel easy” to entrepreneurs or small companies, as noted by The Wall Street Journal’s Chris Mims last year.

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Unglamorous Freelance Manufacturers Could Boost U.S. Competitiveness

Harvard Business Review

Hospira is an advanced contract manufacturer. The United States pioneered the concept of contract manufacturing organizations in the 1980s when Japan was a fearsome economic power and Western companies were realizing they could no longer rely on the vertically integrated production philosophy that dated to Henry Ford.

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The Trade War with China Could Accelerate 3-D Printing in the U.S.

Harvard Business Review

That spells trouble for American manufacturers with global supply chains. As companies rethink their supply chains, they ought to seriously consider embracing a new manufacturing technology that’s now ready for prime time: 3-D printing.