The Cadmium ProblemOne of the greatest metaphorical candle problems of the modern economy is cadmium plating. Cadmium has some unique physical properties that make it especially useful as a plating to protect precision-machined parts from corrosion. Mandatory InefficiencyFewer and fewer metal plating vendors offer cadmium plating. As compliant cadmium plating facilities dwindle, the price and lead-times for cadmium plating increases for all manufacturers whose military and aerospace specifications actually require cadmium plating. The true challenges for which we must prepare our minds and our organizations - the candle problems of overcoming expectations and myopia - make manufacturing part of the thought economy.

Source: Forbes September 07, 2018 23:48 UTC