Why Chinese Factories Fare Poorly in the U.S. The New Yorker
For at least the past 7 years China has been the fastest-growing source of non-domestic business expansion in the U.S.
in the first 6 months of 2015, Chinese direct investment in the U.S. rose nearly fifty per cent compared with the same period the year before, according to the Rhodium Group, which tracks Asian economies.
as early as 2000, Chinese manufacturers have acquired or built facilities in dozens of states.
Today, no Western manufacturer can hope to compete on a global stage without adopting some version of lean production
employee skills, loyalty, continuity, job satisfaction and creativity—in other words, lean requirements—determine profitability
and it’s not unusual to come across a Chinese facility where as many as 90% of the tasks are assigned to robots. Japanese manufacturers are among the least automated, by contrast, because, in their view, removing the human element eliminates the possibility of innovation.)
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