Comments Kimball International's Santa Claus, Indiana facility uses Industry 4.0 strategies including software that provides real time intelligence for tracking parts, machine performance, and overall production status of orders. It took an international pandemic, the worst in a century, to slow down the FDMC 300 group of companies. We used to ask companies what their greatest challenge was. “Pandemic” was never among the challenges. Twenty years ago the greatest challenge was Chinese competition. One respondent at that time indicated their greatest challenge simply as: “China.” At least that challenge could be seen coming. This group of cabinet, millwork, furniture and store fixture manufacturers recorded a ninth consecutive year of sales expansion in 2020, the year just completed.