In manufacturing, that translates into not making mistakes on the production line.
Jefferis calls for high-value manufacturing that could compete with South African exports.
This time around it was nimble product development and leaner manufacturing that did the trick, not federal loan guarantees.
Most of the light manufacturing that used to take place in Hong Kong crossed the border into China.
Americans, they had heard, were soft, lazy and incapable of mastering the precision manufacturing that had made Nissan great.
Most of the manufacturing that occurs in the state is related to the processing of the raw minerals mined there.
We are used to living our lives as if we are in control, predicting this and manufacturing that.
Pro-business on the side of high value manufacturing that can't build its business because of the short-termist culture.
Authoritarian governments may be better at making the large initial investments in infrastructure and basic manufacturing that help start growth.
Why not refuse to use any chemical in manufacturing that can't safely be reabsorbed by the biosphere?
Part of the problem followed a year-long slowdown in Chinese manufacturing that was already causing jitters across the west.
