Formally Plunkett's Manufacturing & Robotics Industry Almanac, this book presents a complete analysis of the manufacturing business, including such related areas as research and development (R&D), engineering and design, outsourcing, offshoring, factory automation and supply chain. The almanac also features in-depth coverage of robotics. This market research tool includes our analysis of the major trends affecting the global manufacturing industry, from the developments in firms reshoring their manufacturing operations to the U.S., nearshoring to Mexico and Central America, rising wages in China, China's move to higher value manufacturing, and the movement of lower value manufacturing, such as apparel, to such nations as Pakistan and The Philippines. In addition, we provide major statistical tables covering the industry, from revenues to investment in R&D to employment to wages. No other source provides this book's easy-to-understand comparisons of growth, expenditures, technologies, imports/exports, corporations, research and other vital subjects. You get our in-depth profiles on the top 500 global manufacturing and robotics companies--objective analysis of the largest and most exciting companies in: automotive manufacturing, steel and metals, telecommunications equipment, computer hardware and consumer electronics, contract manufacturing, chemicals, refining, aerospace, building materials and much, much more. We cover companies in all manufacturing sectors. You'll find a complete overview, industry analysis and market research report in one superb, value-priced package.
Show moreFormally Plunkett's Manufacturing & Robotics Industry Almanac, this book presents a complete analysis of the manufacturing business, including such related areas as research and development (R&D), engineering and design, outsourcing, offshoring, factory automation and supply chain. The almanac also features in-depth coverage of robotics. This market research tool includes our analysis of the major trends affecting the global manufacturing industry, from the developments in firms reshoring their manufacturing operations to the U.S., nearshoring to Mexico and Central America, rising wages in China, China's move to higher value manufacturing, and the movement of lower value manufacturing, such as apparel, to such nations as Pakistan and The Philippines. In addition, we provide major statistical tables covering the industry, from revenues to investment in R&D to employment to wages. No other source provides this book's easy-to-understand comparisons of growth, expenditures, technologies, imports/exports, corporations, research and other vital subjects. You get our in-depth profiles on the top 500 global manufacturing and robotics companies--objective analysis of the largest and most exciting companies in: automotive manufacturing, steel and metals, telecommunications equipment, computer hardware and consumer electronics, contract manufacturing, chemicals, refining, aerospace, building materials and much, much more. We cover companies in all manufacturing sectors. You'll find a complete overview, industry analysis and market research report in one superb, value-priced package.
Show moreJack W. Plunkett is CEO & Publisher of Plunkett Research,
Ltd., a Houston-based provider of market research and industry
information in printed and electronic formats. Plunkett Research
provides analysis, statistics and other vital data on all major
industry sectors, from InfoTech to Retailing to Banking and
Nanotechnology. Plunkett's client list includes 10,000 leading
corporations, universities and government agencies worldwide.
Plunkett's research products are distributed electronically through
subscriptions to its website and around the globe by major
booksellers and news distributors, including Bloomberg and
ThomsonReuters.
Jack Plunkett is the author of numerous books, including The Next
Boom: What You Absolutely, Positively Have to Know About The World
Between Now and 2025. This book won a 2011 gold medal in the
Business Book Awards competition sponsored by Axiom and INC
Magazine. Plunkett is frequently interviewed as an expert source by
publications such as Time magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The
New York Times and Investor's Business Daily, media outlets such as
NPR's Marketplace, ABC, and CBS Marketwatch, as well as local and
regional newspapers and national columnists. Plunkett received an
Academic Book of the Year Award for his Plunkett’s Health Care
Industry Almanac, and he was a regional finalist in the
Entrepreneur of the Year Awards sponsored by Ernst & Young.
“Plunkett Research has built a solid reputation providing industry analysis and research in a diverse spectrum of areas—energy and utilities, finance and investment, health care and biotechnology, and engineering and research to name a few.” - American Reference Books Annual
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