Category Archives: Miscellaneous

Manufacturing Bliss: The Making of the Swiss Army Knife

This summer, while many of you were on vacation, CNet ran a great Geek Gestalt article on “where the swiss army knife gets made” that is a must for any supply chain geek as it shows that even in an age of increasing outsourcing and mechanization, sometimes the best products are still made by hand in a small factory in Ibach, Switzerland – even if the required volume exceeds 17 million.

Rather than spoil the grandeur of the article, I’m just going to recommend you check it out, and the YouTube videos it contains. It truly is Geek Gestalt.

Finally, A Good Consumer Use for RFID!

I’m sure many of you will have arguments to the contrary, but this is the first use of RFID to enable the end consumer that I have to outright applaud.

Who doesn’t want to pour their own draft, when, how, and in the amount they want? It’s Frackin’ Awesome!

For details, check out this great article over in the RFID Journal about how the “wall of beer lets patrons draw their own drinks”. It’s … wait for it … Le-gen-dar-y!