G.M. has made considerable strides in improving manufacturing efficiencies and quality rankings.

Intel's manufacturing efficiency is unmatched, he said, and the company continues to lower its costs.

He also says Lexus will have an advantage in an increasingly competitive environment because of Toyota's greater manufacturing efficiencies.

But, he said, the main reason for the lower prices was greater manufacturing efficiency and more advanced technology.

In fact, one official said, the service hopes to be able to cut costs by 10 percent by finding manufacturing efficiencies.

Ford has better manufacturing efficiency than its Big Three rivals, giving it the best competitive position for the 90's, a study said.

By that time, large corporations had developed the basic manufacturing efficiencies and managerial hierarchies of mass production.

Some of the contraction within the automobile industry reflects manufacturing efficiencies and production transfers to newer plants.

And he is hopeful because the new Golf will be cheaper than its old version yet produce higher margins because of manufacturing efficiencies.

We are going through a reindustrialization process that will improve manufacturing efficiencies.