To maintain competitiveness in the emerging global economy, U.S. manufacturing must rise to new standards of product quality, responsiveness to customers, and process flexibility. This volume presents a concise and well-organized analysis of new research directions to achieve these goals.
Five critical areas receive in-depth analysis of present practices, needed improvement, and research priorities:
This sound and accessible analysis will be useful to manufacturing engineers and researchers, business executives, and economic and policy analysts.
National Research Council. 1991. The Competitive Edge: Research Priorities for U.S. Manufacturing. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/1618.
Chapters | skim | |
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Front Matter | i-xii | |
Executive Summary | 1-2 | |
Overview | 3-24 | |
Intelligent Manufacturing Control | 25-53 | |
Equipment Reliability and Maintenance | 54-77 | |
Manufacturing of and with Advanced Engineered Materials | 78-97 | |
Product Realization Process | 98-119 | |
Manufacturing Skills Improvement | 120-139 | |
Bibliography | 140-146 | |
Appendix A: Selected Employment Data | 147-153 | |
Appendix B: Panels of the Committee on Analysis of Research Directions and Needs in U.S. Manufacturing | 154-160 | |
Index | 161-172 |
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