Comments on: The Switch to Local Manufacturing https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/the-switch-to-local-manufacturing/2009/07/12 Researching, documenting and promoting peer to peer practices Sun, 12 Jul 2009 10:09:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.15 By: Sepp https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/the-switch-to-local-manufacturing/2009/07/12/comment-page-1#comment-415614 Sun, 12 Jul 2009 10:09:04 +0000 http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=3906#comment-415614 There is an intermediate step we should consider to take on the way to local manufacturing as described here by John Robb.

Let’s start with local assembly (and innovative combination) of available technical modules. There are many manufacturers today that are producing parts for the auto, aircraft, tools and computer industries. Those parts are not normally available on the open market, at least not in single-piece numbers.

What about scouting out (and promoting) availability to the public of single modules of technological products that can be combined locally to make useful products.

A whole industry of manufacturing and distribution for the new market of local assembly could come into existence. Creatively combining things that already exist in module form (and open-sourcing the know-how of locating and combining) could be the logical step before full-fledged local production of most of the things we need and many of the things we’d like to have.

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