The emphasis on centralized decision$-$making and a very lean corporate staff.

Employing incentive compensation practices that generously rewarded workers, greatly boosted labor productivity, and lowered labor costs per ton of steel produced.

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Virtually all tons produced were shipped out within weeks to customers and, consequently, finished goods inventories at Nucor plants were relatively large.

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Employees were only communicated what they needed to know $($goals$,$ objectives, etc$)$

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