Technology Archives - Proficient Sourcing https://www.proficientsourcing.com/category/technology/ Sourcing for Manufacturers Sat, 07 Oct 2023 10:51:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 China: Is the End Coming Soon? https://www.proficientsourcing.com/china-is-the-end-coming-soon/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=china-is-the-end-coming-soon https://www.proficientsourcing.com/china-is-the-end-coming-soon/#respond Fri, 04 Aug 2023 03:07:55 +0000 https://www.proficientsourcing.com/?p=4137   China has been the major thorn in American manufacturing for some time.  Now a well-known expert says this is coming to a dramatic end in the next 10 years. Proficient Sourcing has a network of domestic manufacturers eager for reshoring interest or just a desire for better suppliers.  Maybe at last we have some…

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]]> https://www.proficientsourcing.com/china-is-the-end-coming-soon/feed/ 0 Inclusive Economic Growth via Manufacturing? https://www.proficientsourcing.com/inclusive-economic-growth-manufacturing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=inclusive-economic-growth-manufacturing https://www.proficientsourcing.com/inclusive-economic-growth-manufacturing/#respond Tue, 18 Apr 2023 18:04:04 +0000 https://www.proficientsourcing.com/?p=4089   A McKinsey & Company article of Jan 12, 2022 is labeled as part of the Davos Agenda.  This alone gives us pause.  Do you trust the Davos crowd for sound advice?  Please let us know your view on this subject. In any case, among other things, this McKinsey author bemoans the decline of US…

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]]> https://www.proficientsourcing.com/inclusive-economic-growth-manufacturing/feed/ 0 Data Presentations: Beware Of What You See https://www.proficientsourcing.com/data-presentations-beware-of-what-you-see/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=data-presentations-beware-of-what-you-see https://www.proficientsourcing.com/data-presentations-beware-of-what-you-see/#respond Fri, 03 Jun 2022 17:04:13 +0000 https://www.proficientsourcing.com/?p=3925 Many years ago we found a 1954 publication, How to Lie With Statistics by Darrell Huff. There were a number of useful thoughts in this book, which was an introductory presentation of how to use, and abuse, statistical data.  This ssubject is important enough to warrant another article.  All of us are subject to statistical presentations that…

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]]> https://www.proficientsourcing.com/data-presentations-beware-of-what-you-see/feed/ 0 Labor Shortage Solutions – Out of the Box! https://www.proficientsourcing.com/labor-shortage-solutions-out-of-the-box/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=labor-shortage-solutions-out-of-the-box https://www.proficientsourcing.com/labor-shortage-solutions-out-of-the-box/#respond Fri, 22 Apr 2022 15:18:01 +0000 https://www.proficientsourcing.com/?p=3903 Just about every day we hear news of labor shortages in this business or that business, and seemingly everywhere. Is there a retail business or fast food restaurant, or any restaurant for that matter, that’s not seeking employees? There are some unorthodox steps available to some businesses, and many of these are things we have…

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]]> https://www.proficientsourcing.com/labor-shortage-solutions-out-of-the-box/feed/ 0 Chips for United States https://www.proficientsourcing.com/chips-for-united-states/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chips-for-united-states https://www.proficientsourcing.com/chips-for-united-states/#respond Thu, 24 Mar 2022 09:00:22 +0000 https://www.proficientsourcing.com/?p=3874 Big current news stories summarize nicely the economic effect caused by semiconductor chip shortages.  The big stories were car prices skyrocket and Intel, once the world’s #1 chip producer, is building an enormous chip factory near Columbus, OH.  Here’s the Reuters story on that: Jan 21 (Reuters) – “Intel Corp said on Friday it would…

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]]> https://www.proficientsourcing.com/chips-for-united-states/feed/ 0 Energy: A Manufacturing Foundation https://www.proficientsourcing.com/energy-a-manufacturing-foundation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=energy-a-manufacturing-foundation https://www.proficientsourcing.com/energy-a-manufacturing-foundation/#respond Fri, 07 Jan 2022 20:24:27 +0000 https://www.proficientsourcing.com/?p=3832 Cheap, reliable, handy, and abundant energy has provided a robust competitive advantage for US manufacturing. Over the past couple of years, Congress and the administration now seem driven to promote an emissions free plan. Are initiatives like the Green New Deal helpful overall? We think it’s clear that manufacturing is a highly desirable feature of…

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]]> https://www.proficientsourcing.com/energy-a-manufacturing-foundation/feed/ 0 The Real China: Read it and Weep https://www.proficientsourcing.com/the-real-china-read-it-and-weep/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-real-china-read-it-and-weep https://www.proficientsourcing.com/the-real-china-read-it-and-weep/#respond Fri, 04 Oct 2019 17:44:56 +0000 https://www.proficientsourcing.com/?p=3011 A friend sent us this piece by History Professor Victor Davis Hanson, and we think it’s good enough to pass along in its entirety. By: VICTOR DAVIS HANSON October 3, 2019 6:30 AM A man stands in front of riot police officers during a protest in the Sham Shui Po district of Hong Kong, China,…

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]]> https://www.proficientsourcing.com/the-real-china-read-it-and-weep/feed/ 0 Rare Earths: Once Again With Feeling! https://www.proficientsourcing.com/rare-earths-once-again-with-feeling/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rare-earths-once-again-with-feeling https://www.proficientsourcing.com/rare-earths-once-again-with-feeling/#respond Fri, 07 Jun 2019 13:21:00 +0000 https://www.proficientsourcing.com/?p=2860 ”Chinese state media is now suggesting that rare earth (17 elements that serve as key components in devices ranging from defense weapons, lasers, hi-tech smartphones and cameras to flat-screen televisions and computers) exports to the US could be cut in retaliation for American measures sparking fear among manufacturers.  If Beijing chooses to make good on…

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]]> https://www.proficientsourcing.com/rare-earths-once-again-with-feeling/feed/ 0 Servicing Rotating Machine Components, Motion Control and Drive Train Parts https://www.proficientsourcing.com/servicing-rotating-machine-components-motion-control-and-drive-train-parts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=servicing-rotating-machine-components-motion-control-and-drive-train-parts https://www.proficientsourcing.com/servicing-rotating-machine-components-motion-control-and-drive-train-parts/#respond Fri, 26 Apr 2019 19:07:48 +0000 https://www.proficientsourcing.com/?p=2815 Proficient Sourcing is focused on machinery and equipment components.  One family of these items consists of processing machinery rolls, gears, gear boxes, journals, self lubricating bearings/bushings, and sprockets.  We have a group of companies that prosper with these sorts of items. Equipment with process rolls, idlers, presses, and carrier rolls may require services such as…

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]]> https://www.proficientsourcing.com/servicing-rotating-machine-components-motion-control-and-drive-train-parts/feed/ 0 The Manufacturing Factory: A Key Human Life Improver https://www.proficientsourcing.com/manufacturing-factories/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=manufacturing-factories https://www.proficientsourcing.com/manufacturing-factories/#respond Fri, 03 Aug 2018 21:05:56 +0000 http://www.proficientsourcing.com/?p=1738 Almost every object we touch in life came from a factory somewhere.  This is a relatively new thing in human history, and took a great deal of combined innovations to become possible.  A large number of people working in an organized and coordinated way did not occur until the late 1700’s.  Since Proficient Sourcing is involved…

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