The Future of Manufacturing 2009

摘要

As American industry claws its way out of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, concern about the future does indeed weigh on the minds of manufacturing leaders. In their responses to the "Future of Manufacturing 2009" survey, conducted by IndustryWeek and Crowe Horwath, a public accounting and consulting firm, they identified a wide range of issues that are keeping them up at night, as well as strategies they are employing to grow their businesses in the face of intense global competition and the uncertainties presented by proposed changesrnin health care, environmental regulation and other policy issues.