Since a manufacturing village is about manufacturing a bunch of final similar products, the entire village supports each other to make all the products that create the final products.
From education to housing to government the entire village is one giant supportive mechanism ensuring success.
We are not reinventing the wheel: The Chinese started and still use this concept for over 1,000 years.
Very few people are true entrepreneurs. Maybe they are very good at manufacturing, maybe selling, or maybe logistics. Let's let them stay in the areas of their good gut feelings and provide the services which can suck the life out of an owner: office stuff, telephone systems, computers, websites, marketing, automation and engineering, production montioring, accounting, legal, and so on.
You'll see in the real estate investment article how housing will be needed within walking distance. The cost of driving to work takes the competitive pricing right out of the ball park. Executives can drive to work as they will need better housing to attract good people. Providing good housing within walking distance is a great way to attract and keep good line workers. Think of the housing as guarenteed ROI forever.
Manufacturing villages can provide monitoring of the satellites and provide predictive maintenance, bulk ordering, better bargaining positions for shipping, heating, taxes, employee benefits, and anything else where volume gets better deals.
Delivery of sub-systems requires going across the street. Costs and delays are minimized.
Auditing of the satellite businesses is so important as it insures success: Good for investors.
Attaching the village to educational institutions is extremely important and definately facilitated by proximity.
The list of advantages is long and the disadvantages are few.