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Book SynopsisHere to bring back the pride, confidence, and jobs that Made in the U.S.A. once generatedKeeping Your Business in the U.S.A.: Profit Globally While Operating Locally shows American enterprises how to survive and prosper while keeping their manufacturing base within the United States. It tells the stories of three manufacturing companies that have been able to buck the outsourcing trend and achieve overwhelming success while keeping jobs in the States.
Using case studies, the book illustrates each company's story from the day it started. It examines the successes, failures, lessons learned, and methods used by each company to achieve and sustain success. The authors integrate nearly a century of combined experience to compare the different business strategies, make key observations, and provide helpful tips for duplicating the recipes that led to these companies' overwhelming success.
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Keeping Your Business in the U.S.A. finally gives us true insight on why American businesses find it so hard to compete in the global market and inspirational guidance from companies that refuse to believe Made in USA is a thing of the past.
—Earl Gregorich, Certified Business Advisor, Ohio SBDC
What I really like about Keeping Your Business in the U.S.A. is the way it is written. It is easy to understand, easy to know what to do, and, most importantly, will give you a leg up on keeping your jobs in America.—Dan Foley, Commissioner, Montgomery County, Ohio
A book … a cookbook that brings two pragmatic authors’ findings into a simple-to-read book allowing the reader to relate, understand, and duplicate successful American businesses’ recipes into their own companies. The authors debunk the notion that American companies have to outsource manufacturing to remain competitive in the global marketplace. The three case studies provide evidence that with the right leadership, companies can increase quality, market share, and profits without shipping jobs overseas. A must read for executives and managers wrestling with outsourcing decisions.—Timothy C. Krehbiel, Professor of Management and Senior Associate Dean, Farmer School of Business, Miami University (Ohio)
The book, Keeping Your Business in the U.S.A., is based on the authors’ research into how companies are successfully keeping their manufacturing operations in America, and uses three stories plus analytical tools to show the reader by example what and how they are doing. It could become a recipe for American manufacturing companies.—Basil Zabek, Retired Dayton Development, Coalition and Entrepreneur
Innovation is what drove manufacturing growth in America in the past and will drive it in the future. This book outlines how a few have used innovation in technology, processes, and/or marketing to be successful.—Harold Linville, Chief Business Development, Officer/Chairman of the Board
If there is one thing I’ve learned in the past 28 years in business, it is that there is no one right answer for improvement. Surviving as a manufacturer in the U.S. is anything but easy. Yet there are clearly some ways to be successful, and this book highlights actual stories of companies making it happen. Odds are, there will be at least a few ideas that resonate in your own business.—Dave Lippert, President, Hamilton Caster & Mfg. Co.
Read it, discuss it, digest it, and live it. The ingredients are here for how you can run a successful business in America.—Bob Lammers, Marketing Manager (Ret.), Midmark Corp.
The backbone of America, our security and financial strength have been borne of our ability as a pioneering people to manufacture and create a strong industrial base for providing innovation coupled with jobs, which in turn drives the flywheel of a strong economic society—without manufacturing in America, we lose our nation’s strength, jeopardize our security, weaken overall finances, and quench the hope of strong jobs for our children.—Marc Wolfrum, VP and General Manager, Cincinnati Sub-Zero Medical Division
Keeping Your Business in the U.S.A. comes at a time when America is searching for how to create and retain jobs.—Joseph Patten, President, MainStream Management
Table of ContentsSTORIES OF SUCCESSFUL COMPANIES. Company Story 1—Small Manufacturer. Company Story 2—Medium Manufacturer. Company Story 3—Large Manufacturer. RECIPES FOR SUCCESS. Selecting the Companies for Our Stories. How We Developed the Recipes. Identifying the Seven Common Recipes. About the Ingredients. Personal Self-Assessment. Personal Insights and Thoughts. Next Steps. Index.
