【单选题】?Read the article below about manufacturing in the USA. ?Choose the best sentence from the opposite page to fill each of the gaps. ?For each gap 9-14, mark one letter (A-H) on your Answer Sheet. ?Do n...
B.
Productivity gains account for a big chunk of the job shrinkage.
C.
They can face additional costs from time- to-market delays, airfreight charges, employee travel, and local corruption.
D.
The company's quality and test engineers roam its factory floor in Waseca, Minn., constantly searching for ways to improve product designs and production efficiency.
E.
But offshore manufacturing carries hidden costs of its own-in particular, the opportunities you forgo by cutting off access to the wellspring of innovation on your factory floor.
F.
But it doesn't work in high-tech industries.
G.
Manufacturing now employs just 11 percent of the US workforce, compared with 30 percent in the 1950s.
H.
Distance severs what Hanson calls the 'tight linkages' between engineers and production workers that spur innovation. (9)