Industrial chemistry & manufacturing technologies
Dispelling the Manufacturing Myth
American Factories Can Compete in the Global Marketplace
by Committee on Comparative Cost Factors and Structures in Global Manufacturing, National Research Council
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Conventional wisdom holds that high wages, high capital costs, and worker inflexibility have cost America its ability to compete in the world manufacturing marketplace. This book demonstrates that U.S.-based manufacturing can compete in terms of quality, product features, and timely delivery--the real measures of competitiveness in the 1990s.
The committee identifies attributes that attract manufacturers to given locations and assesses the attractiveness of the United States as a location for different kinds of manufacturing. The volume dispels myths that have guided management decision making in the past and offers recommendations to promote the United States as a manufacturing site.
The volume discusses new approaches to understanding and controlling costs. With case studies from three important industries--consumer electronics, semiconductors, and automobiles--the book explores factors in site location decisions, highlighting advantages the United States can offer as a manufacturing site over low-cost rivals.
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- Publisher National Academies Press
- Publication Date January 1992
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9780309046763
- Publication Country or regionUnited States
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 39.75 USD
- Pages130
- ReadershipProfessional and scholarly
- Publish StatusPublished
- Dimensions9 x 6 inches
- Biblio Notes1992
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