Attleboro gold jewelry manufacturer (largest in world) inventory shortfall

Tom worked 10–15 years with the largest gold jewelry manufacturer in the world, in Attleboro, MA. They went through seven tons of gold per year. His consulting project ended after an inventory shortfall in the early 1990s.

I worked for about 10 or 15 years with the largest manufacturer of gold jewelry in the world, down in Attleboro. They go through seven tons of gold every year. They cast it and form it and shape it, and you're going to hear some of my stories that come out of that plant. They had an inventory shortfall once, and my consulting project died with them in the early '90s. But just recently another company down in that area, the second-largest jeweler in the world, came and said they want to do some work with MIT. I went through their plant two weeks ago and they make a lot of platinum rings.