Nucor-Yamato Yamato Steel

"I think adding more layers of management would wreck one of the great strengths of our business-very short lines of communication. "You can find out anything you want to know in a hurry," says Dan DiMicco, who manages the Nucor-Yamato Yamato Steel joint venture in Blytheville, Arkansas, "because you don't have to go through channels. You just pick up the phone or go see the person with the information you need. Most of the time, it's easy." Wouldn't most managers be thrilled to say that?"