<story><title>Lenovo Computers, Soon To Be Made In America</title><url>http://techcrunch.com/2012/10/02/lenovo-computers-soon-to-be-made-in-america/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>mediaman</author><text>Lenovo is probably doing this for a few reasons:&lt;p&gt;* The corporate market often prioritizes speed and ease of doing business over the absolute rock-bottom cost. Local manufacturing offers advantages due to a much shortened supply chain.&lt;p&gt;* The gap between an hourly worker&apos;s wages in the US versus China is shrinking, due to Chinese labor inflation and US collar wage stagnation.&lt;p&gt;* The hours of labor per assembled unit is declining due to advances in automation, rendering regional labor variances less important.&lt;p&gt;Labor is becoming less of an issue while local manufacturing continues to have major supply chain cost benefits, so Lenovo considers that the scales have tipped enough to justify a US presence for the market segment that values that responsiveness the most.</text></comment>
<story><title>Lenovo Computers, Soon To Be Made In America</title><url>http://techcrunch.com/2012/10/02/lenovo-computers-soon-to-be-made-in-america/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>Zak</author><text>More configurability? Great. When can I order one with a screen that isn&apos;t some low-res 16:9 TN monstrosity?</text></comment>