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Such manufacturing can be agile and innovative, and can be highly efficient. Collaborations and web logistics allow both specialized niche production and marketing as well as subcontracting work servicing global manufacturing needs.

Read: "Makers: ..." and "Fabricated: ..." to understand how manufacturing is about to be revolutionized in the same way as publishing, entertainment, communications, and logistics.