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035			_a(OCoLC)865549274
035			_a(CaBNVSL)swl00402955
040			_aCaBNVSL _beng _erda _cCaBNVSL _dCaBNVSL
050		4	_aHD9773.A2
100	1		_aWalcott, Susan M., _d1949-, _eauthor.
245	1	2	_aA profile of the furniture manufacturing industry : _bglobal restructuring / _cSusan M. Walcott.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : _bBusiness Expert Press, _c[(c)2014.]
300			_a1 online resource (84 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_adata file _2rda
490	1		_aIndustry profiles collection
500			_aPart of: 2013 digital library.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 79-80) and index.
505	0		_aList of figures -- _tList of tables -- _t1. Introduction -- _t2. Structure of the furniture industry -- _t3. How the industry operates -- _t4. Industry organization and competition -- _t5. Market forces inside and outside the industry -- _t6. Regulation of the furniture industry, domestic and global -- _t7. Challenges and opportunities for the furniture industry -- _tNotes -- _tReferences -- _tIndex.
506			_aAccess restricted to authorized users and institutions.
520	3		_aThe furniture industry (NAICS 337) plays an important role in the U.S. economy as a bellwether for manufacturing through its utilization of a global production network. Types of furniture range from household to institutional, with particular growth in firms supplying medical and government-related commodities. The industry is highly responsive to fashion trends, but is partitioned into high, medium, and low cost segments that reveal different locational and market responses to changes. Recent developments indicate that the post-1980s migration of furniture manufacturing to offshore, low labor cost countries has stabilized and shows some faint signs of reshoring in the United States for high end customized and technologically intensive products utilizing the remaining embedded skilled labor and locally clustered industry components. Businesses that survived the recessionary "creative destruction" largely adopted lean manufacturing processes and took advantage of available lower cost equipment and buildings to upgrade their production practices, absorbing market from former competitors. New partnerships occurred with branch and headquarter relocations in Asia, along with cooperative supplier relationships with former U.S. and new foreign companies. Industry survivors adopted practices that could be highly instructive for other manufacturers challenged by globalization to grow stronger by increasing their adaptive capacity. An overview of the industry and its global production network includes the manufacturing technologies of each sector.
530			_a2 _ub
530			_aAlso available in printing.
538			_aMode of access: World Wide Web.
538			_aSystem requirements: Adobe Acrobat reader.
588			_aTitle from PDF title page (viewed on December 16, 2013).
650		0	_aFurniture industry and trade.
653			_ahemispherization
653			_areshoring
653			_aadaptive capacity
653			_atextiles
653			_acreative destruction
653			_aupholstered furniture
653			_awood furniture/case goods
653			_avalue and supply chain
653			_aglobal production network
653			_aspatial fix
653			_alean manufacturing
653			_aglobal trade
653			_acompetitive strategies
653			_aFurniture
655		0	_a[genre]
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781606496565
830		0	_a2013 digital library.
830		0	_aIndustry profiles collection.
856	4	0	_uhttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ciu.edu?url=https://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/search/BEPB0000210.html
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902			_c1 _dCynthia Snell