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10.8. Trends in Production and Operations Management*

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Concepts

1. What trends are shaping U.S. production and operations management?

   "Manufacturing employment has added one million manufacturing factory jobs since the end of the great recession, up to a level of 12.5 million in December 2017. U.S. exports have quadrupled over the p

2. How will the anticipated worker shortage affect U.S. business?

   "According to the latest National Association of Manufacturers Skills Gap Report, manufacturing executives rank a “high-performing workforce” as the most important factor in their firms’ future succes

3. Why is American innovation leadership at risk?

   "A recently released report shows the United States is in danger of losing its global lead in science and innovation for the first time since World War II. The report was prepared by the Task Force on

4. How does business process management improve operations management?

   "The twenty-first century is the age of the scattered corporation. With an assortment of partners and an army of suppliers often spread across thousands of miles, many companies find themselves with g