肯尼思·普瑞斯是最早提出“虚拟组织”概念和“敏捷”思想的专家之一,这两个概念及思想已经指导了众多企业应对变化无常的市场竞争。 20世纪70年代,美国出现了贬低制造业的风潮,很多人认为制造业已经成为了夕阳产业。在此期间,以丰田为代表的日本的制造企业异军突起,对美国形成了很大的冲击。美国人感到自己不仅在产品上输给了日本人,在 Kenneth Prius was one of the first experts to propose the concept of “virtual organization” and “agile”, which have guided many enterprises to cope with volatile market competition. In the 1970s, there was a wave of disparaging manufacturing in the United States. Many people think that manufacturing has become a sunset industry. During this period, the emergence of a manufacturing company in Japan represented by Toyota has brought a great impact on the United States. Americans feel themselves not only lost to Japanese products, in