Dispelling the Manufacturing Myth :  American Factories Can Compete in the Global Marketplace. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (126 pages) 
<br/><br/>DISPELLING THE MANUFACTURING MYTH -- Copyright -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- NOTES -- 1 Introduction -- THE STRATEGIC BUSINESS DECISIONS MODEL -- REPORT STRUCTURE -- NOTE -- 2 Consumer Electronics -- THE AT&amp -- T EXPERIENCE -- Background -- AT&amp -- T Product Cost Analysis -- Labor Analysis -- Load Analysis -- Materials Analysis -- Analysis of Functional Drivers Impacting OEM Costs -- Transportation and Duties -- Quality Management -- Make to Order -- Unquantified Risks -- Summary Observations: AT&amp -- T Cost Analysis -- THE TOSHIBA EXPERIENCE -- Background -- Cost of Materials -- Labor Costs -- Capital Budgeting -- Summary Observations: Toshiba Color Picture Tube Manufacturing -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- 3 Semiconductors -- BACKGROUND -- Industry Structure -- IMPORTANCE OF PROCESS CONTROL -- Labor Costs -- LOCATION DECISIONS -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- 4 Automobiles -- BACKGROUND -- INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENTS OF PRODUCTION CAPACITY -- MANUFACTURING COSTS -- EFFECT OF FUEL ECONOMY REGULATION -- SUMMARY -- NOTES -- 5 Conclusion -- WHAT ATTRACTS MANUFACTURERS? -- Access to Low Costs -- Access to Skills, Technology, and Capabilities -- Access to Markets -- Risk Factors -- ABANDONING MYTHS -- Myth 1: Automate, Emigrate, or Evaporate -- Myth 2: Manufacturing Offshore Cuts Costs -- Myth 3: Sourcing from Foreign OEM Suppliers Is Preferable to Building Internal Capacity -- Myth 4: Moving Offshore Is a Quick, Expedient, Reversible Solutionto Transient Competitive Pressures -- Myth 5: The Role of Offshore Plants Is Fashioned by Communication Barriers -- AFTER MYTHS: RETHINKING COSTS, COMPETITIVENESS, AND ATTRACTIVENESS -- TOWARD A DESIRED STATE -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- NOTES -- Bibliography -- Index. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780309584166 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Manufacturing industries -- United States.<br/>Competition, International.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD9725 -- .D57 1992eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>338.6/048/0973