I often visit the factories of large firms, and though their cutting-edge production facilities are to be marveled at, somehow they leave me unmoved because they lack distinctive faces. But because the number of companies producing this kind of equipment is limited, in each of these firms the machinery all comes from the same small handful of companies.
Smaller enterprises are different.
First of all they lack capital. There is no way for them to be profitable if they try to manufacture using the same production methods as their larger counterparts. Smaller companies must improvise frantically in order to get by. As a result, they become deft at fabricating jigs and developing auxiliary equipment. They also develop creative channels for procuring materials.