The Integration of Technology and Management in the Competitiveness of the United States Short Staple Yarn Manufacturing Industry

Table 1

Phase I: sample description.

Product category	Company	Interviewee	Number of employees
Fiber/yarn	A	Director of business development	2,000
Fiber/yarn	B	Senior vice president in operations, America & Strategic Procurement	3,200
Fiber/yarn	C	Vice president in operations	750
Fiber/yarn	D	New business director	n/a
Fiber/yarn	E	CEO/innovators	>300
Fiber/yarn	F	Senior vice president in manufacturing,; manufacturing group vice president,; Global Marketing manager, technical textiles division	1,600
Fiber/yarn	G	Manager of Six Sigma	n/a
Fiber/yarn	H	Executive vice president	1,700
Fiber/yarn	I	Director of fiber processing research and technical services	n/a

n/a: not available from the respondents.