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1 Why Manufacturing Matters
Pages 15-18

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... For instance, the report by the National Research Council, Materials Science and Engineering in the l 990s: Maintaining Competitiveness in the Age of Materials, highlights materials synthesis and processing as an important area of expanded emphasis over the next decade (NRC, 1989~. Indeed, every nation's success as a global manufacturer requires the development and use of manufacturing ' At the end of the third quarter in 1990, manufacturing accounted for 18.9 percent of the gross domestic product in constant 1977 dollars, with 10 percent in durable goods and 8.9 percent in nondurable goods (DoC, 19931.
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... Although global integration of product markets and advances in reverse engineering techniques have improved the ability of competitors to determine the components of new products, the ability to clone successful products still depends on competitors' ability to make those components. Excellence in developing and implementing manufacturing processes that provide unique production capabilities with cost and quality advantages can be the determinant of market success and the key to future U.S.
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... The alternative will lead to the decline of the United States as a manufacturing nation. R&D in unit manufacturing processes can be considered to occur on two levels proprietary research that is conducted on a confidential basis, since it may have near-term applicability in a competitive market, and precompetitive or generic research that helps establish the foundation for a technology for the benefit of everyone with access to the results.
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... Economic Policy in the 1 990s. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press.
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