Learning to Change - Opportunities to Improve the Performance of Smaller Manufacturers

This report examines the importance of manufacturing to the American economy, considers the regional diversity of small and medium-sized manufacturing companies, and describes their crucial influence on the global competitiveness of American products.

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Summary

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 product characteristics are changing constantly. This study examines the vulnerable situation of small and mid-size manufacturers.

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• Authors: Board on Manufacturing and Engineering D, Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design, Commission on Engineering and Technical, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, Committee to Assess the Barriers, Committee to Assess the Barriers and Opp, Committee to Assess the Barriers and Opportunities to Improve Manufacturing at Small and Medium-Sized Companies, Division on Engineering and Physical Sci, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.1993
• EAN: 9780309049825
• ISBN: 978-0-309-04982-5
• No. of pages: 152
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 229 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 254 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Chemical engineering; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries