A Profile of the Steel Industry

Abbreviations

AERA	American Railway Engineers Association
ASTM	American Society for Testing Materials
BOF	Basic Oxygen Furnace
BRIC	Brazil, Russia, India, and China
BWE	Bull Whip Effect
CCs	Continuous Casters
CCSC	Coordinated Committee Steel Companies
COLA	Cost-of-Living
CPA	Cooperative Partnership Agreements
CWS	Co-Operative Wage Study
DRI	Directly Reduce Iron
EAFs	Electric Arc Furnaces
ENA	Experimental Negotiating Agreement
ERISA	Employee Retirement Income Security Act
GATT	General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GPN	Global Production Network
ICT	Information and Communications Technology
ISO	International Standards Organization
ITC	International Trade Commission
KIBS	Knowledge Intensive Business Services
LMPT	Labor Management Participation Teams
MITI	The Ministry ...