Please make complete sentences.
- What is the situation with manufacturers in your area? Are they firing workers or hiring more? What are some of the environmental factors affecting local plants?
- How many companies can you name that have in-sourced manufacturing to the United States? Why do you suppose they chose the U.S. and the specific states they did to produce those products?
- What are CAD, CAM, and JIT?
- Looking at the future of manufacturing in the United States, do you think U.S. companies like Ball are adapting to the challenges of foreign manufacturers? What is Ball doing to stay competitive?
- The video mentions the loss of U.S. manufacturing jobs to overseas locations. What is this called? What is the opposite trend that has occurred in the U.S. with companies like Toyota and Honda?
- What is meant by Six Sigma?