LEADER 04303nam 2200781 450 001 9910453703903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-60649-657-3 035 $a(CKB)2550000001161741 035 $a(EBL)1562609 035 $a(OCoLC)863673754 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001141703 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12513576 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001141703 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11092928 035 $a(PQKB)11450412 035 $a(OCoLC)865549274 035 $a(CaBNVSL)swl00402955 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1562609 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1562609 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10810728 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL544835 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001161741 100 $a20131216d2014 fy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA profile of the furniture manufacturing industry $eglobal restructuring /$fSusan M. Walcott 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aNew York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) :$cBusiness Expert Press,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (100 p.) 225 1 $aIndustry profiles collection 300 $aPart of: 2013 digital library. 311 $a1-60649-656-5 311 $a1-306-13584-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 79-80) and index. 327 $aList of figures -- List of tables -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Structure of the furniture industry -- 3. How the industry operates -- 4. Industry organization and competition -- 5. Market forces inside and outside the industry -- 6. Regulation of the furniture industry, domestic and global -- 7. Challenges and opportunities for the furniture industry -- Notes -- References -- Index. 330 3 $aThe furniture industry (NAICS 337) plays an important role in the U.S. economy as a bellwether for manufacturing through its utilization of a global production network. Types of furniture range from household to institutional, with particular growth in firms supplying medical and government-related commodities. The industry is highly responsive to fashion trends, but is partitioned into high, medium, and low cost segments that reveal different locational and market responses to changes. Recent developments indicate that the post-1980s migration of furniture manufacturing to offshore, low labor cost countries has stabilized and shows some faint signs of reshoring in the United States for high end customized and technologically intensive products utilizing the remaining embedded skilled labor and locally clustered industry components. Businesses that survived the recessionary "creative destruction" largely adopted lean manufacturing processes and took advantage of available lower cost equipment and buildings to upgrade their production practices, absorbing market from former competitors. New partnerships occurred with branch and headquarter relocations in Asia, along with cooperative supplier relationships with former U.S. and new foreign companies. Industry survivors adopted practices that could be highly instructive for other manufacturers challenged by globalization to grow stronger by increasing their adaptive capacity. An overview of the industry and its global production network includes the manufacturing technologies of each sector. 410 0$a2013 digital library. 410 0$aIndustry profiles collection. 606 $aFurniture industry and trade 608 $aElectronic books. 610 $ahemispherization 610 $areshoring 610 $aadaptive capacity 610 $atextiles 610 $acreative destruction 610 $aupholstered furniture 610 $awood furniture/case goods 610 $avalue and supply chain 610 $aglobal production network 610 $aspatial fix 610 $alean manufacturing 610 $aglobal trade 610 $acompetitive strategies 610 $aFurniture 615 0$aFurniture industry and trade. 676 $a684.08068 700 $aWalcott$b Susan M.$f1949-$0989259 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453703903321 996 $aA profile of the furniture manufacturing industry$92262388 997 $aUNINA