US Manufacturing Plant Supply Chain Issues - Coronavirus

Has nothing to do with "Limousine Liberalism and Champagne Socialism"

Fucking thousands of homeless people and with children won't even pick their lazy off the sidewalk to bus tables and you think they will sit on an assembly line.

Good luck with that...

The impact of China’s manufacturing shutdown is beginning to spread.

“ TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) -- A local manufacturer could be closing up shop because of the deadly coronavirus outbreak and it could impact dozens of local workers.

Danfoss Turbocor Processors may be forced to temporarily shut down production because it is running out of parts from China.”

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Where I work expected ship times for fiber optic cables are already in the middle of March. Hope everyone is ready.

Trickle down was and is a sham . It was when Regan did it and it is with these bs tax cuts trump made.

We're already running out of manufacturing supplies, and we [you] need to be sure you can also meet medical supply needs you and your loved ones need so we can go back to manufacturing domestically.

Millenials that are helpless... well I'll be honest, they will need help and if they are useless then f*ck 'em. We here already have the knowledge and means to survive--we have it in each other.

America and Americans can and will survive, but we can better do so if we are proactive rather than reactionary, and plan ahead while there is still time. I encourage all here to learn where any needed medications and supplies are sourced from and adjust as necessary sooner vs. later and reach out to any provider of life-necessities you or your loved ones may require.

GLP is more than conspiracy or politics. Some days it is about providing information and help to each other, something that no where else does or can do as does GLP.

GLP and the information always here first has provided the motivation for me to have my prescriptions changed to items only sourced from the U.S. This has required I check with my Healthcare provider Anthem for every prescription that I needed switched to a U.S. manufactured brand to insure they will cover that medication.

Minutes ago I received an email asking 'how they did' during my call today. My reply to them included the following which i copied to their vice president:



"With the Covid-19 virus having now stopped exports from China to the U.S. and the potential that exports from India may soon stop, we are faced with the very real possibility that soon only medications and supplies manufactured in the U.S. may be available.

I strongly encourage Anthem to evaluate where all plan-covered medications and supplies are sourced from. In my case, my insulin is manufactured in the U.S., but the required needles for injection come from Japan. Should we have a cessation of imports from the far East, then my insulin is useless without the requisite supplies (needles) to administer it.

One example of a now cut-off medication source are those many pharmaceuticals made by Novartis as they are manufactured in the now locked down city of Beijing.

While we are only beginning to see the effects of this today, in another month it will become obvious and life-threatening to many in the U.S. when medications and supplies cannot be had. There exist finite weeks or months of stocks for many items utilized here and it is my hope that Anthem will adjust their formularies to allow for continued supply of needed medications for the many that require them to maintain health and life."




So I may have awakened one individual in healthcare, scared him to death, or made no difference.

I am however, making the effort.

Wouldnt this be an opportunity for USA to fill in some of the gaps... Ie expand manufacturing to cover shortfall?? Any country NOW would be able to cash in to some extent?? Of course prices would go up!!

The real impact won't show until next year, after Christmas fails.

It will also take months for Coronavirus to impact all the countries it's infecting now, plus we have the good weather coming up, putting more people outside.

The real doom will start showing in 2021.

The Coronavirus probably started in September 2019, and took a few months before the death rates in China looked unusual enough to test the people dying of pneumonia.

I'm guessing we're about 5 months into this epidemic, and next flu season is when things will get really bad.

Eat healthy, reduce your stress, take lots of vitamin C, and get plenty of sleep.

I think it would take 10 years to tool back up our manufacturing...

Most of the equipment has been shipped to china long ago.

Why bother when 3/4 of their paycheck go to housing?
They are richer being homeless, they only need to dumpster dive for food and they are set for the day.

Pay people enough to live and they may give a fuck.

If all the work is going to make others richer while they have nothing to show for it, they will say fuck it.


You cannot force people to work like they do in Communist Countries.

The cheap labor express never had it so good with commie labor and now it is time to pay the piper.

I think it would take 10 years to tool back up our manufacturing...

Most of the equipment has been shipped to china long ago.

And quality would go up too most in-likely...

while u all r watching China and thinking of the knick nacks from Walmart or the Dollartree, u better watch the right hand as well.

CA produces the food,veggy's and fruit, for the US. where is the virus likely to hit and lock down 1st? yep, CA. now where is our food going to come from????

better yet would u really want to use toilet paper that might have been sneezed on in China? or eat a tomato or can of fruit that a Mexican with his habits and sneezing helped pick?


society needs to rethink many things.

Why bother when 3/4 of their paycheck go to housing?
They are richer being homeless, they only need to dumpster dive for food and they are set for the day.

Pay people enough to live and they may give a fuck.

If all the work is going to make others richer while they have nothing to show for it, they will say fuck it.


You cannot force people to work like they do in Communist Countries.

The cheap labor express never had it so good with commie labor and now it is time to pay the piper.

Takes like 10 years in the US - or at least in California - just to get the required "environmental impact report"(s) done, before breaking ground for a new factory. Could convert some existing factories, but the enviro-fascists will have a labyrinth of red tape around that too.

I think it would take 10 years to tool back up our manufacturing...

Most of the equipment has been shipped to china long ago.

Good, this has been a national security issue FOREVER, maybe this will wake some people up. We are letting a COMMUNIST country make parts for our defense industry. Beyond stupid.

That is why he gave foreign business million dollar contract for face masks?

Are oil filters manufactured in china?

Could be a problem at your next oil change.

Yep. All started with Clinton and Nafta and then letting China in the WTO. Ross Perot warned about that HUGE SUCKING SOUND of jobs leaving, but nobody listened.
And FYI for those that don't know, he was with the Reform Party which is the party Trump tried his first run with.
I'm glad Trump is the President to help us through this time. He has foresight. Something sorely lacking in the Dem and R party.

I am in the flooring industry. a manufactures rep. I sell flooring to people who sell flooring

SPC Floating Rigid Core Hardsurfaces is the hottest product in the market, fake waterproof wood look laminate basically.
We have 11 Million Dollars in inventory, company emailed this week that any orders over 3 pallets would be questioned, no truckload orders will be filled from inventory,
Said 60% of the Chinese workforce was out, and they expect it back to 100% next week ( LMFAO Not going to Happen ) but we lost 3-4 weeks of production due to the extended Chinese New Year / CoronaV -
Here is the bad, The pellet Carpet fibers are extruded from comes from China too, its a bi-product of oil. There will be repercussions in all avenues of every segment of every market do to this and we dont even see an end in sight. Be prepared to make it through some trying times. Luxury items will be 1st place to tighten the old belt.

I think it would take 10 years to tool back up our manufacturing...

Most of the equipment has been shipped to china long ago.

Why would it take 10 years? Couple weeks to months in an emergency.

I am in the flooring industry. a manufactures rep. I sell flooring to people who sell flooring

SPC Floating Rigid Core Hardsurfaces is the hottest product in the market, fake waterproof wood look laminate basically.
We have 11 Million Dollars in inventory, company emailed this week that any orders over 3 pallets would be questioned, no truckload orders will be filled from inventory,
Said 60% of the Chinese workforce was out, and they expect it back to 100% next week ( LMFAO Not going to Happen ) but we lost 3-4 weeks of production due to the extended Chinese New Year / CoronaV -
Here is the bad, The pellet Carpet fibers are extruded from comes from China too, its a bi-product of oil. There will be repercussions in all avenues of every segment of every market do to this and we dont even see an end in sight. Be prepared to make it through some trying times. Luxury items will be 1st place to tighten the old belt.

Why can't you buy from Armstrong. They produce in Lancaster, PA, USA. Or from one of the Dalton, GA producers.

Please show me this... interested in seeing where you get this information.