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This chapter provides an overview of the book. In the seventies, there was a tendency to dismiss the value of manufacturing to the US economy. US manufacturing suffered from a lack of new investment and new ideas to propel it to new heights. Consequently, US manufacturing firms suffered competitively. However, around 1980, once manufacturers realized the magnitude of their uncompetitiveness, they made an historic turnaround in less than twenty years that has many lessons for the future. There are lessons for those who are working hard to catch up with the leaders in their industry. Towards the end of the chapter, the trend towards e-business is addressed. This new trend will enhance and strengthen the gains of the last twenty years. The remaining chapters of this book address in detail the various topics covered in this introductory chapter.
Adapted from the address to the International Seminar on Manufacturing Technology Beyond 2000, Bangalore, India, November 18, 1999.
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Swamidass, P.M. (2000). Innovations in Competitive Manufacturing: From JIT to E-Business. In: Swamidass, P.M. (eds) Innovations in Competitive Manufacturing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1705-4_1
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