Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Sunday, December 1, 2013

Amazon unveils futuristic plan: Delivery by drone - CBS News

If this is where the proverbial hockey puck is headed, what is the point of looking toward retail at Obey Creek? Why not plan for the inevitable and put activities at Obey Creek that will feed into the Amazon system - produced here by real people?

Where Factory Apprenticeship Is Latest Model From Germany - NYTimes.com

How could apprentices be a part of Obey Creek?

A shop selling everything made in NC

Imagine a store at Obey Creek that focuses on selling only products that come from NC, whether from its soil, sea or made in factories, etc. Of course, there are definition issues, but those are surmountable. Suppose you could have a first shot online at ANY product made in NC, and the certainty that it would be in the Obey Creek store the next day?
Imagine, too, that adjacent to the store was an assembly plant that put NC items together, essentially. Or an NC testing laboratory. Something that would be part of the retail production cycle.