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In this episode we discuss:
How makers in the garage outpace OEMs in innovation
The contract manufacturing environment and idle machine time
Rethinking production in a JIT on-demand world
Paying attention to "the Prosumer"
Overbuilding and undercapacity
The long-time Request For Quote (RFQ) Process and how machine setup time drives pricing (the "old" model)
The MakeTime Request For Utilization of Open Machine Hours (the "new" model)
How innovation drives job creation
The skillset to interpret the engineer's wishes
Where the idea for The MakeTime Marketplace came from
Pebble.co and crowdsourcing manufactured commodity parts
The new manufacturing frontier - the perfect buyer and the perfect seller
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