{"id":8657,"date":"2011-05-16T15:15:43","date_gmt":"2011-05-16T21:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/?p=8657"},"modified":"2020-09-05T23:49:31","modified_gmt":"2020-09-06T04:49:31","slug":"manufactured-in-china-made-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/manufactured-in-china-made-in-america\/8657\/","title":{"rendered":"China Manufacturing Data but 45% Made in America"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a296a24fa2fc69ef5487857f02f111e8\" data-index=\"9\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Single Post readerboard -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8207522353004717\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1144967431\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>On the heels of the United States of America hitting the US Debt Ceiling of $14 Trillion dollars and Carlos Santana creating a flood of debate about US Immigration Law, US manufacturing is shrinking as we speak. And, our US Government might actually play a part in the continued contraction &#8211; but maybe for good reasons.<\/p>\n<p>On March 21, 2011 the US Air Force requested a waiver from the &#8220;<a title=\"a lot of things are made in china, including the iphone\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/the-apple-iphone-supply-chain\/304\/\">Buy American<\/a>&#8221; requirement in its procurement process because it couldn&#8217;t but several items within budget &#8211; or, rather, those same items were cheaper if bought from China.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Extensive market research and thorough investigation of the domestic manufacturing landscape&#8221; showed [these] items were made exclusively in China. . .<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The notice claims.<\/p>\n<p>So, what were these items?<\/p>\n<p>Of the 37 items for which the US Air Force received a waiver from the &#8220;Buy American&#8221; requirement, these were some:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>screws<\/li>\n<li>ceiling fans<\/li>\n<li>light fixtures<\/li>\n<li>towel rings<\/li>\n<li>shower rods<\/li>\n<li>handrail brackets<\/li>\n<li>flat panel displays<\/li>\n<li>machine tools<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And of course, all of this is in the context of US Manufacturing <a title=\"manufacturing contraction\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110520231250\/http:\/\/www.businessweek.com:80\/magazine\/content\/11_20\/b4228016606549.htm?campaign_id=rss_null\">contraction<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>. . . over 57,000 factories disappeared from 1999 to 2009.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But, is this such a bad thing?<\/p>\n<h2>Globally Integrated Supply Chain<\/h2>\n<p>With the world shrinking and <a title=\"White Truffles: Supply Chain of an Expensive Mushroom\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/white-truffle\/7335\/\">supply chains<\/a> becoming more and more connected, one would be hard-pressed to find purely &#8220;built in america&#8221; goods or services. And the Pentagon concedes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Armor plate steel, defense-specific integrated circuits, and night vision goggles are among the items the Defense Dept. has said it must obtain in part from overseas suppliers . . .<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And, as supply chains become more connected, we also understand that products have a lifecycle &#8211; some are born and some enter the grave. Given this, the argument that manufacturing flight from the United States is entirely bad is actually not a strong one.<\/p>\n<p>A better, more balanced approach is this:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Should the United States be in the business of manufacturing shower rods?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If we step back and begin from a position of logic and not one of dogma, then the question is a fair one.<\/p>\n<p>In some cases, it probably makes sense that some items and components are made outside of America. 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