OSE Self-Funding Business Model

We are currently demonstrating that productive work of building GVCS machines yields $100 per hour. This figure is obtained from a 50 hour requirement for the production of a single CEB press, which we sell for $9k - where the materials are $4k. Thus, under the assumption of such high-value production, we are estimating $100/hour of production. However, there are design and sourcing blocks. The machine has recently been improved by Texas developers. Combined with design changes, the organizational time involved in production - considering materials sourcing - will add time to the effort.

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Team Ergonomics and Facility

OSE RepLab (A self-replicating Fab Lab currentl has 12 bays, 256 square feet each. This structure can easily accommodate 4 production bays as it provides R&D space in up to 8 more bays

Scenario: Can 12 staff be supported by production? Assume 12 staf, with one apprentice each, and Production Director guiding the effort. and 12 production bays - and a production team of 8 people (3 people per work station 4 Production

Next Steps

• Produce full CAD for new CEB press prototype
• Upgrade facility to 0 down-time workshop power (inverter + backup generator
  • Improve safety on PTO generator
  • Secure generator-welder from Team Wikispeed
• Improve tooling
  • Develop and Deploy CNC Circuit Mill
  • Build out CNC Torch table (support table, electronics (Start with Geckos, move to Open Capitalist Controller)
  • Deploy Prototype II of Ironworker machine
  • Plumb-in workshop-scale hydraulic power outlets

The basic organizational ecology revolves around the Founding Director, Director of Development, and Product Director. These people provide strategic development to keep the organization on track, under the oversight of the OSE Board of Directors.

The basic productive ecology on site at FeF revolves around the leadership of the Production Director, Farm Director, and Construction Director. Each of these have several interns in training, where the Directors are responsible for training the apprentices. Bootstrap-funding production occurs primarily through the Director-Apprentice pairings. Apprentices may be unskilled or may be professionals (such as welders, machinists, farmers, builders, etc.). In all cases, all apprentices are required to expand their skill sets via cross-training to become Integrated Humans. Products include GVCS tools, Immersion Learning Workshops, and products of these tools such as houses, agriculture operations, Microfactories, energy farms, OSE Campuses, and even small scale republics (as in Small Scale Decentralized Republic Development Corporations).

These directors also collaborate with OSE Fellows (new product prototypers/developers), Distributive Enterprise Incubator entrepreneurs (production replicators), and Fabricators.