Waves of venture investments into brand new manufacturing startups may change the landscape of American manufacturing as we know it. New processes like three-dimensional printing and on-demand machining is speculated to have an incredibly influential effect on the US economy.
Around 33 % of economy is manufacturing-fueled, making it one arena that is highly resistant to incursions from the tech world. For several well-documented reasons, that may all change. Hardware and infrastructure costs to support technology application in manufacturing has lowered dramatically. Organizations are seeking ways to improve efficiency through the collection of data to determine where costs can be further cut down.
