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To maintain competitiveness in the emerging global economy, U.S. manufacturing must rise to new standards of product quality, responsiveness to customers, and process flexibility. This volume presents a concise and well-organized analysis of new research directions to achieve these goals.

Five critical areas receive in-depth analysis of present practices, needed improvement, and research priorities:

  • Advanced engineered materials that offer the prospect of better life-cycle performance and other gains.
  • Equipment reliability and maintenance practices for better returns on capital investment.
  • Rapid product realization techniques to speed delivery to the marketplace.
  • Intelligent manufacturing control for improved reliability and greater precision.
  • Building a workforce with the multidisciplinary skills needed for competitiveness.

This sound and accessible analysis will be useful to manufacturing engineers and researchers, business executives, and economic and policy analysts.

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National Research Council. 1991. The Competitive Edge: Research Priorities for U.S. Manufacturing. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/1618.

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184 pages |  6 x 9 |  Paperback
ISBN: 978-0-309-04784-5
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/1618
Chapters skim
Front Matter i-xii
Executive Summary 1-2
Overview 3-24
Intelligent Manufacturing Control 25-53
Equipment Reliability and Maintenance 54-77
Manufacturing of and with Advanced Engineered Materials 78-97
Product Realization Process 98-119
Manufacturing Skills Improvement 120-139
Bibliography 140-146
Appendix A: Selected Employment Data 147-153
Appendix B: Panels of the Committee on Analysis of Research Directions and Needs in U.S. Manufacturing 154-160
Index 161-172

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