Challenge to manufacturing : a proposal for a national forum.

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Imprint:Washington : National Academies Press, 1988.
Description:1 online resource (52 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Subject:Manufacturing processes -- United States.
Manufacturing processes.
United States.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11247795
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Other authors / contributors:National Academy of Engineering.
ISBN:0309297362
9780309297363
Notes:Includes letter report to William R. Graham and Erich Bloch from Frank Press and Robert M. White, presidents of the National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering, respectively.
Includes bibliographical references.
Print version record.
Other form:Print version: Challenge to manufacturing. Washington, D.C. : National Academy of Engineering, 1988
Table of Contents:
  • The paradox of American manufacturing / Leo E. Hanifin
  • National manufacturing policy: an industry perspective / Laurence C. Seifert and Alfred D. Zeisler
  • Reorganizing production to restore competitiveness / Stephen S. Cohen, John Zysman and Sabina Deitrick
  • A nation at risk: our eroding skill base in manufacturing systems / Joe H. Mize and Terrence G. Beaumariage.