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Globally Competitive Manufacturing Practices
Pages 83-84

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... Despite the diversity of backgrounds and, therefore, the different perspectives from which they view manufacturing as executives, university educators, and researchers- the authors express a consistent set of themes and concerns throughout this collection of papers: A "system view" is critical to understanding the key relationships, interactions, and interdependencies of the people and components needed to develop, produce, and market a firm's products. Manufacturing must move from a historically experiential basis and begin to develop the rigorous theories and foundations needed to understand, measure, control, and predict their performance.
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... The practices and concepts discussed here are central to an understanding of the concerns that U.S. manufacturers must address to become competitive in an expanding global marketplace.
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