Edward Mehr(@EdwardMehr):What should America’s competitive advantage in manufacturing be? speed. How fast can you go from “I have an idea” to “here’s the product.” At Deep Tech Week today, three ideas emerged for enabling speed : 1- Vertical integration (@bscholl): make one thing ridiculously fast. 2- Operational excellence (@jimbelosic): make lots of different things fast. 3- Reinvent manufacturing tech (@MachinaLabs_): make the process itself fast. One focuses on the org. One focuses on the factory. One focuses on the machine. The winner probably does all three.

2026.06.22 03:31

What should America’s competitive advantage in manufacturing be? speed. How fast can you go from “I have an idea” to “here’s the product.” At Deep Tech Week today, three ideas emerged for enabling speed : 1- Vertical integration (@bscholl): make one thing ridiculously fast. 2- Operational excellence (@jimbelosic): make lots of different things fast. 3- Reinvent manufacturing tech (@MachinaLabs_): make the process itself fast. One focuses on the org. One focuses on the factory. One focuses on the machine. The winner probably does all three.