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Harvard Business Publishing
Length: 8 pages
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Abstract
For more than ten years, U.S. manufacturers have tried to narrow their competitive gap with Japan by investing in flexible automation. But having the technology and using it well are two different things. A study of more than half the installed systems in both countries shows that American companies are using computerized manufacturing for the same old- fashioned, high-volume, low-variety production they have always pursued, while the Japanese are utilizing the new technology in remarkably flexible and effective ways.
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Abstract
For more than ten years, U.S. manufacturers have tried to narrow their competitive gap with Japan by investing in flexible automation. But having the technology and using it well are two different things. A study of more than half the installed systems in both countries shows that American companies are using computerized manufacturing for the same old- fashioned, high-volume, low-variety production they have always pursued, while the Japanese are utilizing the new technology in remarkably flexible and effective ways.