The American edge : leveraging manufacturing's hidden assets

With all the grumbling about American business incompetence, is there anything we know how to do better than our competitors? In an antidote to the continuing negativism, "The American Edge" reveals 10 of America's unique business competencies and shares insights on how some well-known US companies capitalize on these often-overlooked assets. The culmination of The Manufacturing Roundtable, a prestigious gathering of top names in industry, consulting and academia, this book explodes the myth that Japan and Germany have all the best practices. In examining areas like manufacturing strategy, workplace management, it shows how our strengths can be "secret weapons" - if we learn to recognize and use them to the fullest.