MT Magazine May/June 2022

MT MAGAZINE

MAY/JUNE 2022

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Job Shops by the Numbers A look at what some of the job shops in the United States are doing. BY JAN SCHAFER DIRECTOR OF MARKET RESEARCH, GARDNER BUSINESS MEDIA Think about a franchise business such as one of the multitudinous fast-food operations. You could buy a hamburger at one outlet in Portland, Maine, and a burger at another in Portland, Oregon, and they are almost exactly the same. The tools and the methods are standardized. Job shops aren’t like that. Each is its own thing. Each does things differently. But there are some commonalities.