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PCB factory: Why does the manufacturing industry have to live by the water and grass?

People say that the manufacturing industry is a nomadic people living by water and grass. It’s really true, especially the electronics manufacturing industry. Think about the previous manufacturing industry that started in Europe and America, and has moved to Asia several times. Taiwan has also enjoyed its prosperity. Nowadays, the manufacturing industry in Taiwan has gradually faded like a flood in the past, and now more than half of the manufacturing industry in the world has gone to the so-called world PCBA processing manufacturer-China. If you are also a part of the manufacturing industry, have you ever wondered where your future lies? Or are you already trapped in the mainland?

In the past few years, most of Taiwan’s manufacturing manpower has almost gone to the mainland. From the initial management level to the engineers behind, almost all can only follow to develop in the mainland.

Seeing Taiwan's manufacturing manpower continue to move to the mainland, I can't help feeling that before, it only needed to travel north and south, but now it has become a journey across the sea. In addition to moving manpower in the manufacturing industry to the mainland, I have also seen a small group of people choose to develop and develop in R&D and design and stay in Taiwan.

In fact, if possible, the manufacturing manpower in Taiwan can also develop in the direction of factory management. The world's factories have already taken shape, and it is difficult to turn back, even if there is a small number of people who have retreated.

The so-called factory management is like HP or DELL. They do not have their own manufacturing plants. They outsource their products to professional OEMs. They only keep R&D and sales in their hands, and then hand over the production and manufacturing to those with cheaper labor costs. Factories such as Foxcon, Flextronic, Jabil, etc. of Hon Hai.

These companies do this because they can master the technology by staying in "R&D", and they can also hold patents to prevent their opponents from entering. Of course, "sales" is a matter of course, because sales are the most profitable, and they can also understand consumers' preferences and trends, and use this to develop new products. "Manufacturing" is a business that sells labor. Everyone can calculate how much manpower is used, how much man-hours are spent, and how many products are manufactured. It bears a lot of labor, machinery and equipment and land costs, so most large companies do not want to own factories.

"Exploitation of labor" is another way to make money in the manufacturing industry, and it is also the most effective method. I am not talking about squeezing labor. The so-called water flows to low places. The manufacturing industry is the biggest expense, and I will try to use overtime to fully produce capacity before wages rise. That’s why I said it was "labour exploitation." Think about how Taiwan’s manufacturing industry used to require employees to work overtime even during the Chinese New Year. I didn't have to rest during the holidays, and then abandoned it like a mess, and then looked at the current continent, it seems that there is more than it is.

Therefore, once the local labor cost of manufacturing is rising, it is time for the manufacturing industry to find another aquatic plant. Think about why the manufacturing industry was able to develop in Taiwan and why it moved to the mainland. It was all because of the availability of cheap labor. .

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