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Tag Archives: USA
Outsourcing To America
Outsourcing To America [the broken link was removed] Toyota began operating in North America in the mid-1980s. It currently operates seven automotive plants there, four of which are in the U.S. A fifth plant is under production in Mississippi. Toyota … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Lean thinking, Management Articles, Manufacturing, Toyota Production System (TPS)
Tagged cars, Manufacturing, Mexico, Toyota, USA
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Measuring the Health of Nations
Measuring the Health of Nations: Updating an Earlier Analysis In a Commonwealth Fund-supported study comparing preventable deaths in 19 industrialized countries, researchers found that the United States placed last. While the other nations improved dramatically between the two study periods … Continue reading
Top 10 Manufacturing Countries
The newest data from the UN* confirms most of the recent trends in manufacturing output – most notably that China continues to grow dramatically. The data also shows a stagnation in USA manufacturing output over the last several years, though … Continue reading
Posted in China, Data, Economics, India, Manufacturing
Tagged China, economic data, economy, Manufacturing, USA
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USA Healthcare Costs Now 16% of GDP
U.S. Health Spending Estimates [the broken link was removed]: Health care spending growth in the United States slowed for the third consecutive year in 2005, increasing 6.9 percent compared to 7.2 percent growth in 2004 and 8.1 percent in 2003, … Continue reading
China’s Manufacturing Economy
Brad Setser posts on manufacturing comparisons: Have China’s manufacturing powers been exaggerated? [the broken link was removed] I am all for pushing against over-generalizations that get repeated so often that they become conventional wisdom. The oft-stated argument that France isn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged China, economic data, Manufacturing, USA
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Toyota Production System in Indiana
Photo by Daniel R. Patmore Via Evolving Excellence [the broken link was removed], Indiana plant president passes on lessons [newspaper also broke link so I removed it too]: Q. Is it different teaching the Toyota Production System to American team … Continue reading
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Manufacturing and the Economy
In Global Market, Iowa Manufacturers Fight for Survival: The conventional wisdom has been that expanded trade would result in the United States losing low-pay, low-skilled manufacturing jobs, said David Swenson, an economic scientist at Iowa State University. But “a lot … Continue reading
Posted in Data, Economics, Management, Manufacturing, Popular, quote
Tagged China, commentary, curiouscat, economic data, economy, Europe, Germany, Japan, John Hunter, Manufacturing, UK, USA
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USA Health Care Costs reach 15.3% of GDP – the highest percentage ever
re: Health Care Spending In The United States Slows For The First Time In Seven Years The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (part of the United States Department of Health and Human Services) issued a report (the press release … Continue reading
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Economics – America and China
Business Week has several good articles on the topic of China’s Economic impact including: Shaking up Trade Theory and The China Price. In Shaking up Trade Theory Aaron Bernstein explores: “The fact that programming, engineering, and other high-skilled jobs are … Continue reading
Our Failed Health-care System
The bad idea behind our failed health-care system by Malcolm Gladwell One of the great mysteries of political life in the United States is why Americans are so devoted to their health-care system. … Americans spend $5,267 per capita on … Continue reading →