American Manufacturing Mugs

"Hey! 'Made in U.S.A.'!"

"I fear one day our jobs will be taken over by technology."

Another Turning Point in the Industrial Revolution. Ford Motor Co. On second thought, let's put the cars on the conveyor belt.

'...we have every new employee spend time on our assembly line. Eight hours, no breaks.'

"Somehow, they get exempted from a lot of laws."

'Unforeseeable future site of Hainesmore Industries.'

"You'll do everything...accounting, marketing, manufacturing...with no pay or benefits...and three years from now we'll trade you in for a newer, sexier model."

D.I.Y

Time Out For Teddy

"We only got up to three 'whys' and a 'what the hell'."

'The Easter Bunny has started outsourcing to us.'

A new career for George W. Bush: taster in a pretzel factory.

Business School. Our case study is an umbrella company bankrupted by fabric costs. They were killed by high overhead expenses!

"This is a big seller, and we get them cheap...from China."

'Grandpa, what was manufacturing?'

"This baby gets such horrible miles per gallon, you actually save on gas because nobody can afford to drive it!"

"I hope you don't mind, but I stuck in a little prayer for General Motors."

Bring flag factories back to America.

U.S. Manufacturing - Good News & Bad News

Worker Rights and the Smoking Ban

Tata: Goodbuy or Goodbye?

General Motors.

Made in China.

'I'd rather we don't mention this in the annual report.'

'We have a diverse work force. We us three different models of robots."

"We're having a lot of trouble with this model, sir - it's lasting indefinitely."

"Back in the industrial age, this was, I believe, a steel mill."

"We're a totaly automated facility, except for Frank. He plugs everything in each morning."

'Here it is - the world's largest miniaturization plant.'

"Our 'Invest in American' program is saving money by buying orange safety cones from China."

"I think these may be counterfeit bolts."

...they can't take the factory out of the man - he's off to do some welding.

'U.S. Manufacturing'

Stimulus bust

"It's less of a spell than it is a signature scent."