Manufacturing Is Going (to New) Places: And What That Means About Jobs

This is a good article about changes we are seeing in the manufacturing industry.  It brings up the point that because of innovations, success and growth in the manufacturing industry can no longer be measured or indicated by a growing number of manufacturing jobs.  A question the author poses is whether we should be unhappy that we are losing assembly line-type jobs or be happy with companies being able to keep higher-skilled jobs on our soil and have products that read "Made in America."  What do you think?

A link to the full article is here.

 

Allison Evans
Associate
King Industrial Realty