Meeting the Challenge : U.S. Industry Faces the 21St Century the Basic Steel Industry

By Fine, Charles H.

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Technical Reference Publication

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Foreword: For more than a decade there has been widespread and increasing concern that the ability of the United States to achieve sustained economic growth and long-term prosperity is adversely affected by declining industrial competitiveness. Congress, in a bipartisan response, has introduced a wide range of programs and policies to improve U.S. competitiveness. Whether focused on building a 21st-century infrastructure, stimulating technological innovation and commercialization, improving the business climate for investment and growth, supporting education and training, or promoting trade, these policies start with assumptions, often implicit, about the competitive position of U.S. industry.

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CONTENTS FOREWORD .................................................................................................. 5 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ................................................................................... 7 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................. 9 INTRODUCTION ...........................................................................................13 STATUS OF THE INDUSTRY ...........................................................................15 MARKET FORCES AND PRODUCTION TRENDS.............................................21 U.S. Market Trends..................................................................................... 21 The Geography of Production: Global Sourcing and Factory Transplants .......................................... 22 Foreign Transplants in the United States ............................................... 23 Investment in Developing Countries ...................................................... 24 COMPETITIVENESS AND PRODUCT STRATEGY .............................................25 Manufacturing Plant Performance .......................................................... 25 Product Development Performance ........................................................ 31 Big 3 Assessment ........................................................................................ 34 TECHNOLOGY..............................................................................................41 Cooperative Research and the Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles ................................................................. 42 Increasing Use of Electronic Components ............................................. 45 ADOPTION AND EVOLUTION OF LEAN PRODUCTION HUMAN RESOURCE PRACTICES.............................................................................46 Human Resource Management ............................................................... 46 Key Issues in Labor Relations .................................................................. 46 Implications of the Key Issues in Manufacturing Plants and Human Resource Practices ............................................... 48 Experimentation Case Studies ................................................................. 51 AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS SUPPLY CHAINS .............................................57 Supply Chain Policies................................................................................ 57 Key Issues in Supply Chain Relationships ............................................ 58 Supply Chain Management...................................................................... 60

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Meeting the Challenge : U.S. Industry Faces the 21St Century the Basic Steel Industry

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