History is replete with examples of one political system replacing another one scientific discovery invalidating another – and this cycle has occurred repeatedly in the production of goods and products for society. This book first published in 1998 examines the massive transition currently taking place: the decline of the system of mass manufacturing. Various global changes in American business and manufacturing have forced a review of accepted thinking and this book is a key text in this evaluation. |Transformation to Agility Manufacturing in the Marketplace of Unanticipated Change | Economics