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National Academy of Engineering Manufacturing reports
Pages 21-21

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From page 21...
... The central theme of this report is that firms and researchers must abandon the narrow view of manufacturing-the view from a single perspective of the enterprise. They must learn to view manufacturing as a system interacting elements that can only be optimized in a broad context.
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