Is it time to disrupt the heavy equipment design and manufacturing industry?
I've spent 3 years in the heavy equipment construction industry as a design engineer and I cannot believe how dated, bloated, and slow this entire industry feels all the way from welding parts of a crane frame together on the shop floor, to design engineering, to selling the machines, and finally even operating them.
There seems to only be a handful of major players in the industry as well. These companies are no doubt highly entrenched and stuck in their ways because there is little incentive to push the envelope. Each new machine my company would put out was, at best, an incremental improvement over what had been available before.
There seems to only be a handful of major players in the industry as well. These companies are no doubt highly entrenched and stuck in their ways because there is little incentive to push the envelope. Each new machine my company would put out was, at best, an incremental improvement over what had been available before.
I'd like to hear your thoughts on the matter.