Union Representation (%)
Nature Of Manufacturing Operations (%)
Years Since Plant Start-Up (%)
Annual Revenue Of Immediate Corporate Parent (%)
*Entire company for independently owned facilitiesNumber Of Employees At Plant Location (%)
*Entire company for independently owned facilitiesIndustry Value Chain (%)
Most Challenging Manufacturing Issue
| None | 68.9 |
| Some | 9.7 |
| All | 21.4 |
| Discrete | 63.5 |
| Process | 20.4 |
| Both or hybrid | 16.1 |
| Less than 5 years | 4.3 |
| 5-10 years | 8.4 |
| 11-20 years | 19.5 |
| More than 20 years | 67.9 |
| Less than $100 million | 35.3 |
| $100 - $499 million | 20.5 |
| $500 million - $999 million | 10.5 |
| $1 billion - $5 billion | 18.1 |
| $6 billion - $10 billion | 6.1 |
| More than $10 billion | 9.5 |
| Less than 100 | 13.4 |
| 100-249 | 48.2 |
| 250-499 | 21.6 |
| 500-999 | 9.7 |
| 1,000 or more | 7.1 |
| Aerospace | 4.5 |
| Automotive | 15.1 |
| Chemicals | 5.0 |
| Construction | 9.3 |
| Consumer packaged goods/nondurables | 9.2 |
| Consumer product durables | 12.5 |
| High tech | 5.9 |
| Industrial equipment and machinery | 16.4 |
| Pharmaceuticals | 3.5 |
| Printing and publishing | 3.8 |
| No response | 14.9 |
| % | |
| People | 22 |
| Production | 49 |
| Supply Chain Management | 7 |
| Management | 8 |
| Economy/Industry Environment | 6 |
| Other | 7 |
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