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.
Table of Contents |
skim chapter | |
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FRONT MATTER | i-xiv | |
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | 1-8 | |
1 INTRODUCTION | 9-20 | |
2 CONSUMER ELECTRONICS | 21-44 | |
3 SEMICONDUCTORS | 45-60 | |
4 AUTOMOBILES | 61-76 | |
5 CONCLUSION | 77-100 | |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 101-104 | |
INDEX | 105-112 |
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