Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Manufacturing Studies BoardPublisher: National Academies
ISBN:
Category : Machine shops
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Reactions of Small Machine Shop Operators to the Automated Manufacturing Research Facility of the National Bureau of Standards
Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Manufacturing Studies BoardPublisher: National Academies
ISBN:
Category : Machine shops
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
NIST Special Publication
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Weights and measures
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Competitive Manufacturing
Author: Stuart A. RosenfeldPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351527134
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Stuart A. Rosenfeld presents a timely analysis of the problems the United States and other industrialized countries face as they adjust from economies based on natural resources and goods to economies based on quality of human resources and high-performance, market-oriented organizations. Some of the questions raised include: Will American industry successfully face the competitive challenge of the global economy? Can US manufacturing raise productivity and innovate enough to remain healthy? Have the latest advances in process technology and management practice penetrated the rural industrial base? How can public policy help improve the competitiveness of the crucial manufacturing sector? This book challenges the conventional wisdom in economic development policy. Past state and local industrial policy focused on locational decisions, not on issues of competitiveness. Building the competitive advantage of industry is more important than promoting the competitive advantages of location. Incentives to modernize are more important than subsidies to locate. Competitive Manufacturing uses the rural South, the most industrialized rural region of the nation, to examine the strengths and weaknesses of manufacturing as the basis for economic growth. Using historical analysis, surveys, and intensive case studies, the author analyzes the technological capabilities of rural manufacturing, the factors that influence the decision to modernize, and the effects of technology on education and work. Comparative studies in Denmark and Italy point to new directions for US economic development policy.
Learning to Change
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309049822
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
Manufacturing firmsâ€"large and smallâ€"face massive change and adjustment as they move from a stable, fault-tolerant environment of long production runs to a volatile world in which production runs are short; product characteristics are changing constantly; and defect-free, on-time production at decreasing prices is a condition for survival. The necessary changes in the production organization include everything from the layout of the shop floor to the distribution of authority between managers and workers. The magnitude of these changes threatens to overwhelm the managerial capacities of firms, regardless of their size. This study examines the particularly vulnerable situation of small and mid-size manufacturers and considers ways in which to help them undertake the many changes and adjustments necessary. These include assimilating the new tools, disciplines, and philosophy of lean manufacturing; embracing new ways of delegating responsibilities; and developing new kinds of partnerships among customers, suppliers, and employees.
Reviving the Rural Factory
Author: Stuart A. RosenfeldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Industrial productivity
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Working Papers of the MIT Commission on Industrial Productivity
Author: MIT Commission on Industrial ProductivityPublisher: MIT Press (MA)
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
An Evaluative Report on the National Engineering Laboratory, National Bureau of Standards
Author: Government Reports Annual Index
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ISBN:
Category : Government reports announcements & index
Languages : en
Pages : 1236
Book Description
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