Edited sentence: A common example would be: A widget has a 12 seconds cycle time, the order is for 100,000 pieces.Again probably because of the high quantity production nature, and consequently the best of the best concentrate on this technology.Here are some I can think of.Sliding Headstock Machines are always steps ahead of all other machining techniques, when it comes to innovation and technology.Sliding Headstock machines are high production machines, and even cutting a fraction of of the cycle time can sometime not only save the business a lot of money, but is often the difference between staying in business, and going out of business.That will save the shop over 27 hours of machine time, and will cut the lead time to the customer dramatically.The Sliding Headstock Machinist is often referred to as the Prima donna of the industry.The machinist improves cycle time by 1 second, going down to 11 seconds a piece.The other reason would be that there are always way too few really good machinist out there.There are a lot of reasons for that