Learning to Change:

Opportunities to Improve the Performance of Smaller Manufacturers

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Publication Year:1993

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Committee to Assess the Barriers and Opportunities to Improve Manufacturing at Small and Medium-Sized Companies, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council
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Manufacturing firms--large and small--face massive change and adjustment as they move from a stable, fault-tolerant environment of long production runs to a volatile world in which production runs are short; product characteristics are changing constantly; and defect-free, on-time production at ...
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FRONT MATTER	i-xvi	(skim)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY	1-14	(skim)
1 INTRODUCTION	15-28	(skim)
2 IMPROVING MANUFACTURING PERFORMANCE IN SMALLER FIRMS	29-50	(skim)
3 IMPROVING MANUFACTURING: SOURCES OF ASSISTANCE FOR SMALLER COMPANIES	51-72	(skim)
4 EFFECTIVENESS OF MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY CENTERS	73-80	(skim)
5 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS	81-94	(skim)
6 MINORITY OPINION	95-98	(skim)
APPENDIXES	99-100	(skim)
A MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS BY SIZE AND STATE	101-108	(skim)
B SELECTED STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS	109-112	(skim)
C FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE AND PROCEDURES FOR MTC SELECTION	113-122	(skim)
REFERENCES	123-130	(skim)
BIBLIOGRAPHY	131-136	(skim)

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Manufacturing firms--large and small--face massive change and adjustment as they move from a stable, fault-tolerant environment of long production runs to a volatile world in which production runs are short; product characteristics are changing constantly; and defect-free, on-time production at decreasing prices is a condition for survival. The necessary changes in the production organization include everything from the layout of the shop floor to the distribution of authority between managers and workers. The magnitude of these changes threatens to overwhelm the managerial capacities of firms, regardless of their size.
This study examines the particularly vulnerable situation of small and mid-size manufacturers and considers ways in which to help them undertake the many changes and adjustments necessary. These include assimilating the new tools, disciplines, and philosophy of lean manufacturing; embracing new ways of delegating responsibilities; and developing new kinds of partnerships among customers, suppliers, and employees.

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