Outstanding Manufacturing in the Coming Decade
基于对惠普、Chaparral Steel等美国公司的实地研究，描述了三种应对制造业挑战的模式，并详细探讨了企业如何超越缩小差距、在90年代中期成为制造业领导者的管理流程和步骤。
The topic of manufacturing competitiveness has become a major concern of government, business, and academics in the U.S. over the past few years. While much has been written about the need for U.S. manufacturing firms to address current and future challenges, most of that has focused on prescriptions for closing the gap that has developed over the past several decades. Based on field studies at Hewlett Packard, Chaparral Steel, and several other U.S. companies, this article describes three modes or patterns of response that appear to cover the majority of U.S. firms. It explores in detail the actions taken by firms that have sought to exhibit leadership in manufacturing in the coming decade. The article Outlines the management processes and steps being followed as firms seek to do much more than simply close the gap and then specifies what will be required of a manufacturing-based firm desiring to be at the forefront of manufacturing competitiveness in the mid-1990s.