5就业和生产效率持续的大规模投资是提高美国生产工厂生产效率的基础。NCTO最新估计,相比10年前,现在整个行业的生产效率提高了约45%,使得纺织业成为美国增长率最快的行业之一。从就业来看,如果不是纺织厂在过去10年内设法提高生产效率,那么其就业人数就会比目前的就业人数多45%。换句话说,如果保持目前的生产效率,纺织厂必须每年提高3.5%的 5 Employment and Productivity Ongoing large-scale investments are the cornerstone of improving the production efficiency in the U.S. manufacturing facilities. The latest NCTO estimates that the productivity of the entire industry is now around 45% higher than it was 10 years ago, making the textile industry one of the fastest growing industries in the United States. In terms of employment, if it is not the mill that has managed to increase productivity in the past 10 years, its employment will be 45% more than the current employment. In other words, mills must increase 3.5% a year if they maintain their current productivity