Manufacturing jobs by their nature take time.  So if you can get the minerals together, you can leave them cooking and then it’s just a matter of taking them to market.  Now, this means having capital unless you mine minerals for yourself – which is, of course, time consuming.  So this requires some investment.  There are also a lot of associated skills, but these can all be useful if only for producing your own ammunition and other supplies.  Posts in this category will look at the skills involved and how to manufacture more easily.  The down side is that getting blueprints researched for efficiency in hi-sec is time consuming, but I’ll consider that in future posts too.