Woah, talk about fickle..
The future of manufacturing is going to be standard platforms with high
customization around them. Common components and then customized wrappings,
if you will. The reason is that consumers are pretty sophisticated and want
their own thing but you can't build a phone for each and every person
that's different. It's very difficult to achieve that…with a supply chain
that's in Asia, even with modern jets. It has as much to do with time zones
and culture and language. There's reasons why in a (creative)
hyper-competitive industry you're going to end up with advanced
manufacturing in the U.S. And this is a trend that we're beginning to see
in many industries