Originally Posted by
elZorro
BB, I didn't think you were a manufacturer (do you add value to goods?), but feel free to give me some more good advice. Cost cutting and belt tightening is a euphemism for putting previously employed staff onto the dole. Lean manufacturing, just-in-time manufacturing, reducing back office staff, more common phrases. It means the business or govt has given up on ensuring they have good profits to work with. They'll then be joining a race to the bottom - a battle we cannot win from over here. Let's take what we have here and add value to it, and certainly let overseas markets know about all the clever stuff we can do. The Chinese aren't backward at selling their products and services internationally via the web and email, why don't we?