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Wez said:
I don't think it matters who is the Labor Secretary, automation happens when the technology works and is cheap enough. It's a trend the tiny-handed Cheeto can't stop...
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He doesn't want to stop it. The working class that made The Donald their hero will soon find out he simply used them and will now crush them. From hero to zero in 3 months, then the revolution begins!
 
Hüsker Dü said:
He doesn't want to stop it. The working class that made The Donald their hero will soon find out he simply used them and will now crush them. From hero to zero in 3 months, then the revolution begins!
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Dream on, all he has to do is continue to disparage Muslims and Lefties and his "angry at the world" supporters will continue to vote against their own interests and re-elect him in 2020.

The Billionaires have successfully fomented controversy among the proletariat, keeping us fighting each other why they stay focused on wealth acquisition.
 
Wez said:
Dream on, all he has to do is continue to disparage Muslims and Lefties and his "angry at the world" supporters will continue to vote against their own interests and re-elect him in 2020.

The Billionaires have successfully fomented controversy among the proletariat, keeping us fighting each other why they stay focused on wealth acquisition.
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I guess we (collectively) picked our poison . . . continue a slow dying death or make it quick, we chose the latter.
 
Wez said:
Usually full time. These companies usually use mostly part timers.
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And part-timers tend to use these types of companies, as I did when I was stationed at NAS Lemoore for Hornet Weapons/Systems Training. I was saving some extra money to go home to HI for my sisters wedding. Good gig!! My specialty was cooking big Macs. Took more coordination then one could imagine.

You guys are probably thinking is this an Espola post?!! Nooooooo It canʻt be! Please tell me Espola is not bruddahʻs "father" a la Darth Vader.
 
Wez said:
Dream on, all he has to do is continue to disparage Muslims and Lefties and his "angry at the world" supporters will continue to vote against their own interests and re-elect him in 2020.

The Billionaires have successfully fomented controversy among the proletariat, keeping us fighting each other why they stay focused on wealth acquisition.
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Ahhhhhh not as retail as we were led to believe.
 
Bruddah IZ said:
If you have single digit profit margins they could be. How would the Asset Turnover ratio change with the implementation of automation. And is your financial structure such that it would allow automation?
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It is just a factor of cost versus benefit. Automation is not agile and that is the sticking point. If a $100k machine tool can run 30 minutes an hour tended but a $170k machine can run with 5 minutes an hour of tending you can easily make the case for the more expensive (read more automated) solution. In simple terms of a 5 year payment, the cost difference is roughly $1600 more a month for the lighter tended solution. Most times that difference can be as low as 30% price difference.

I see more and more small jobs shops (machine shops that make parts for others on an individual Purchase Order basis and not making their own product) demanding automation as part of their next machine tool purchase.
 
Andy Dukes said:
It is just a factor of cost versus benefit. Automation is not agile and that is the sticking point. If a $100k machine tool can run 30 minutes an hour tended but a $170k machine can run with 5 minutes an hour of tending you can easily make the case for the more expensive (read more automated) solution. In simple terms of a 5 year payment, the cost difference is roughly $1600 more a month for the lighter tended solution. Most times that difference can be as low as 30% price difference.

I see more and more small jobs shops (machine shops that make parts for others on an individual Purchase Order basis and not making their own product) demanding automation as part of their next machine tool purchase.
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Things that were too expensive for small firms a few years back can now be done for free at the library --

http://sandiego.communityguides.com/content.php?pid=493213&sid=5377126
 
Bruddah IZ said:
And part-timers tend to use these types of companies, as I did when I was stationed at NAS Lemoore for Hornet Weapons/Systems Training. I was saving some extra money to go home to HI for my sisters wedding. Good gig!! My specialty was cooking big Macs. Took more coordination then one could imagine.

You guys are probably thinking is this an Espola post?!! Nooooooo It canʻt be! Please tell me Espola is not bruddahʻs "father" a la Darth Vader.
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. . . if flipping burgers is a challenge to you . . . :rolleyes:
 
Bruddah IZ said:
If you have single digit profit margins they could be. How would the Asset Turnover ratio change with the implementation of automation. And is your financial structure such that it would allow automation?
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Thing big, like in big box stores . . . if you can't afford automation in the future you will be run over. The rich get richer and mom and pop (stores) get the shaft.
 
Hüsker Dü said:
Thing big, like in big box stores . . . if you can't afford automation in the future you will be run over. The rich get richer and mom and pop (stores) get the shaft.
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It is even bigger than that. My favorite example is retraining the customer. Pay the clerks crap money and treat them like crap. They hate their jobs and the customer then has to deal with a pissed off clerk. Then offer self service. People gravitate to the self serve line instead of dealing with the clerk. All of a sudden no need for the clerks. Less payroll, more profit and less management costs.
 
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