A01=Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design
A01=Committee on Comparative Cost Factors and Structures in Global Manufacturing
A01=Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
A01=National Research Council
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Author_Committee on Comparative Cost Factors and Structures in Global Manufacturing
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Author_National Research Council
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- ISBN 9780309046763
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 01 Jan 1992
- Publisher: National Academies Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
Committee on Comparative Cost Factors and Structures in Global Manufacturing, National Research Council
