skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Advanced manufacturing: Technology and international competitiveness

Abstract

Dramatic changes in the competitiveness of German and Japanese manufacturing have been most evident since 1988. All three countries are now facing similar challenges, and these challenges are clearly observed in human capital issues. Our comparison of human capital issues in German, Japanese, and US manufacturing leads us to the following key judgments: Manufacturing workforces are undergoing significant changes due to advanced manufacturing technologies. As companies are forced to develop and apply these technologies, the constituency of the manufacturing workforce (especially educational requirements, contingent labor, job content, and continuing knowledge development) is being dramatically and irreversibly altered. The new workforce requirements which result due to advanced manufacturing require a higher level of worker sophistication and responsibility.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
79715
Report Number(s):
UCRL-ID-120595
ON: DE95014508
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-48
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Feb 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
99 MATHEMATICS, COMPUTERS, INFORMATION SCIENCE, MANAGEMENT, LAW, MISCELLANEOUS; MANUFACTURING; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; USA; JAPAN; FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY; PERSONNEL; PRODUCTION; MANAGEMENT

Citation Formats

Tesar, A. Advanced manufacturing: Technology and international competitiveness. United States: N. p., 1995. Web. doi:10.2172/79715.
Tesar, A. Advanced manufacturing: Technology and international competitiveness. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/79715
Tesar, A. 1995. "Advanced manufacturing: Technology and international competitiveness". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/79715. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/79715.
@article{osti_79715,
title = {Advanced manufacturing: Technology and international competitiveness},
author = {Tesar, A},
abstractNote = {Dramatic changes in the competitiveness of German and Japanese manufacturing have been most evident since 1988. All three countries are now facing similar challenges, and these challenges are clearly observed in human capital issues. Our comparison of human capital issues in German, Japanese, and US manufacturing leads us to the following key judgments: Manufacturing workforces are undergoing significant changes due to advanced manufacturing technologies. As companies are forced to develop and apply these technologies, the constituency of the manufacturing workforce (especially educational requirements, contingent labor, job content, and continuing knowledge development) is being dramatically and irreversibly altered. The new workforce requirements which result due to advanced manufacturing require a higher level of worker sophistication and responsibility.},
doi = {10.2172/79715},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/79715}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1995},
month = {Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1995}
}