Message from discussion Typical decent Al Bicycle diamond frame costs $8 to make in Taiwan

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From: Ryan Cousineau <rcous...@sfu.ca>
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Subject: Re: Typical decent Al Bicycle diamond frame costs $8 to make in Taiwan
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In article <051220051933154076%lucasirag...@rogers.com>,
 Luke <lucasirag...@rogers.com> wrote:

> This from Sheldon Brown's Bentride Podcast (@ 8:50). No wonder
> manufacturing is a declining sector in North America! This can't be the
> total cost of production (stock and labor); does the figure apply to
> labor cost only?
> 
> The mp3 file is available for d/l at Sheldon's website
> (http://sheldonbrown.com/podcasts/).
> 
> Luke

Could be. The anecdote I heard from a maker of electronic I/O devices 
was that when they closed their domestic manufacturing facility, the 
economics were such that they could air-ship completed products to North 
America from China for the same total mfg cost as making the connector 
cords here.

It's Japan all over again,

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Ryan Cousineau rcous...@sfu.ca http://www.wiredcola.com/
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