# GM-outsourcing & Davis vs. Reynolds

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**Created:** [September 21, 2006, 8:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-outsourcing-davis-vs-reynolds/17799 "2006-09-21T08:32:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![traumadog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@traumadog](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/traumadog)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 3:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-outsourcing-davis-vs-reynolds/17799/31 "2006-09-21T15:01:59Z")

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> [@JoesTypeS](#):
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> …The new American manufacturing market should be in high quality niche markets.

^^ right on the money. The US will never sustain itself on “generic” manufacturing. Making a simple part is easy, and can be done probably as cheaply anywhere else in the world. What we can excel at is “just in time” solutions to new problems - e.g. designing/tooling a repair part for heavy machinery in real-time. This is something we can do much better than anyone else overseas. It’s in something like this where being close to your customer (interacting and getting instant feedback) really matters.

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