Manufacturing Professional Mugs

'Remember, the real lemon goes into the floor cleaner and the artificial lemon goes into the lemonade.'

Land Of The Free And Home To A Lot Of Cheap Stuff

"I'm just taking advantage of the global economy when I move the plant to China."

"I'm worried about business in this country."

'I had it outsourced.'

Suffered freak accident at coffee mug manufacturing plant.

"Where's the business end of this thing?"

"Jimmy, I want you to meet our new safety officer."

"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.'

'Impressive resume, We'll verify it through Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr and get back to you,'

D.I.Y

"Let me put on my 'working' head."

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

Meet the new factory manager.

"One day son, all this will be run by robots."

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."

"Yep, first the gold run out, then the microchip manufacturing went overseas."

'Look on the bright side: now we qualify for an energy-conservation award.'

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

U.S. Manufacturing - Good News & Bad News

Tata: Goodbuy or Goodbye?

Made in China.

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

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

Satis Factory Tour

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

'That's my resume.'

'But we spend all our money creating toxic waste. We were hoping someone else would figure out how to detoxify it.'

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

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

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

'The global economy supplies basic tools. A lot of us get the axe.'