ENHANCING COMPETITIVENESS: BARRIERS AND PROMISING PRACTICES

Meier, Ronald L.; Walker, H. Fred

Flexible Automation and Integrated Manufacturing 1996

ISBN Druckformat: 978-1-56700-067-2

ENHANCING COMPETITIVENESS: BARRIERS AND PROMISING PRACTICES

Ronald L. Meier Dept, of Industrial Education and Technology Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, U.S.A.; Department of Industrial Technology, Illinois State University, 211 Turner Hall Normal, 1L 61790-5100

H. Fred Walker Faculty Member, Department of Industrial Technology, University of Southern Maine; Gorham, Maine; Dept, of Industrial Education and Technology Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, U.S.A.

Abstrakt

Global competition is forcing American manufacturers to investigate internal and external business practices. The United States has held the number one spot the past two years in the World Economic Forum's annual report of world competitiveness. American manufacturers have achieved this by taking steps to integrate concepts and techniques such as agility, lean production, and TQM, as well as focusing internal efforts on developing learning and knowledge-based organizations. This paper examines legal and economic barriers to competitiveness and several innovative ways to overcome these barriers.

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