Factory Man

Factory Man
Author: Beth Macy
Publisher: Little, Brown
Total Pages: 469
Release: 2014-07-15
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0316231568

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The instant New York Times bestseller about one man's battle to save hundreds of jobs by demonstrating the greatness of American business. The Bassett Furniture Company was once the world's biggest wood furniture manufacturer. Run by the same powerful Virginia family for generations, it was also the center of life in Bassett, Virginia. But beginning in the 1980s, the first waves of Asian competition hit, and ultimately Bassett was forced to send its production overseas. One man fought back: John Bassett III, a shrewd and determined third-generation factory man, now chairman of Vaughan-Bassett Furniture Co, which employs more than 700 Virginians and has sales of more than $90 million. In Factory Man, Beth Macy brings to life Bassett's deeply personal furniture and family story, along with a host of characters from an industry that was as cutthroat as it was colorful. As she shows how he uses legal maneuvers, factory efficiencies, and sheer grit and cunning to save hundreds of jobs, she also reveals the truth about modern industry in America.

Furniture Manufacturer

Furniture Manufacturer
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 914
Release: 1927
Genre: Furniture industry and trade
ISBN:

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Bespoke

Bespoke
Author: Betty Norbury
Publisher: Stobart Davies Limited
Total Pages: 440
Release: 2007
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780854421855

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Supplies the designs and contact details of 150 leading furniture makers.

A Profile of the Furniture Manufacturing Industry, Second Edition

A Profile of the Furniture Manufacturing Industry, Second Edition
Author: Susan M. Walcott
Publisher: Business Expert Press
Total Pages: 104
Release: 2020-02-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 195152747X

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This book highlights the role of global networks, lean and green production methods, customized quality versus price competitiveness, online outreach along with showroom access, labor issues, and related factors that continue to compel location shifts and extensions of the furniture industry. The furniture industry serves as an indicator for the changing state of American manufacturing. A brief history of U.S. furniture manufacturing creates the context for continuing geographic shifts among Asian locations, foreign ownership impacts and global market considerations, as well as the demands of three significant domestic market demographics. The furniture industry is separated into its various parts from wood to metal, home to institutional markets. Government actions including tariffs, health, and environmental regulations are also considered. Based on numerous interviews and site visits, strategies of corporate survivors in the face of mergers, and emergence of new players are profiled to indicate practices for increasing adaptive capacity and marketing the appeal of “made here”. This book highlights the role of global networks, lean and green production methods, customized quality versus price competitiveness, online outreach along with showroom access, labor issues, and related factors that continue to compel location shifts and extensions of the furniture industry.