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Findings: Acronyms Don't Help Manufacturers
7 March 2007
 
Dan Miklovic   Andrew Hughes   Carol Rozwell  

Industry efforts to distill complex processes down into neat little packages that can be wrapped up in a descriptive three-letter acronym are not helping manufacturers resolve complex technical issues. In fact, this may create conflicts as the focus becomes the concept, not the reality.





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