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11 Manufacturing Globalization at United Technologies Corporation
11 Manufacturing Globalization at United Technologies Corporation
Pages 61-64
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So depending on how you look at it one can say that the productivity in the United States is still very high despite increasing growth outside of the country. In this global market, UTC has approximately 90,000 employees involved in various manufacturing activities, from receiving orders to shipping product.
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Rather than focusing on individual pieces of the overall manufacturing scheme, it is important to understand and visualize the whole picture and the total flow of the manufacturing process. Previously, it was believed that products made outside the United States were lower cost United States 18% Germany Japan thw 14% China Gro Mexico % 10% nual An 6% Average 2% -2% 1980-1990 1990-2000 FIGURE 11-1 Average annual percentage growth in manufacturing for five countries in the periods 1980 to 1990 and 1990 to 2000.
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) s 30 illion (m 20 Feet 10 Square 0 1994 1998 2002 FIGURE 11-2 Millions of square feet of manufacturing area in the United States and abroad.
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In order to compete with the $2 per hour wages found in other parts of the world, the bar must be raised for the United States by creating new products and markets that do not yet exist and educating the workforce. As an example of new product/market creation, UTC has 250 fuel cells providing electricity around the world.
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