Manufacturing Industry
Manufacturing: study shows product redesign, not outsourcing to China, holds cost advantage for U.S. manufacturers.(INDUSTRY INSIDER)
Advanced Materials & Processes, November, 2004
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Boothroyd Dewhurst Inc., has announced the results of a benchmarking study titled "Improved Product Design Practices Would Make U.S. Manufacturing More Cost Effective." The study attacks longstanding assumptions about product costs that have troubled manufacturers for decades, both in the United States and worldwide.
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The authors argue that U.S. companies should do a much better job of integrating cost analysis into product design. If rigorous cost analysis were instituted as a foundation for product design, the study states, U.S. manufacturers would be able to develop ...
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