We featured the MakiBox here before, taking about their inexpensive 3D printer (still the cheapest as far as I know). They have two models, one that goes for $200 and one that goes for $300. So what happens to your company when you offer a hot product at this kind of price? You get lots of orders and need to ramp up very quickly. They have a number of posts on their site showing how they are dealing with their growing pains. The one big advantage is that they are located in Hong Kong allowing them to throw a ton of people at the problem which you will see in the video, I don’t think this could be produced in North America for the same price when you need this kink of staffing to keep the gears cranking. I would have thought that one day after hiring a huge crew of people there would be mass chaos but they must have had one hell of an orientation day because everyone seems to be working at a furious pace. I guess it helps when they know they are being recorded for a blog post…
