U.S. factories outwork China

**Jimaz** · January-31-11, 02:19 PM

From today's Detroit News: U.S. factories outwork China

Yet America remains by far the No. 1 manufacturing country. It out-produces No. 2 China by more than 40 percent....

CEO Sara Dietzen laments that local vocational schools cut back training courses in recent years, having concluded that the future for manufacturing was dim. Not from her view it isn't. For her company, output is all about speed.

"Our average customer wants a turnaround in less than three weeks," Dietzen says. "You're not going to get that in China."...

The remainder of the article isn't so rosy but it's just so refreshing to hear someone say that!

**firstandten** · January-31-11, 04:20 PM

Originally Posted by Jimaz

From today's Detroit News: U.S. factories outwork ChinaThe remainder of the article isn't so rosy but it's just so refreshing to hear someone say that!

I'm not surprised at all, we are not in this economic hole because of lack of productivity. Our productivity has always been high even as we cut back on workers. You have too few dollars chasing too many goods also known as a lack of demand which is the root cause of our problems