Snap-on's CEO on U.S. Manufacturing
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How good are U.S. workers?
Too many people, I think, say that American workers aren't equal to Chinese workers. Well, they are. Maybe they get paid more, but they are.
How do you use them effectively?
We (SNA) offer a huge range of products, and we deliver quickly. That combination uses American workers to a tremendous advantage because 65,000 different items and speed of delivery are hard to create 10,000 miles and 12 time zones away. And this is why 80 percent of what Snap-on sells in the U.S. it makes in the U.S.