The Myth of Japanese Efficiency: The World Car Industry in a Globalizing AgeCombining case studies with accessible but rigorous production models and historical background, this book challenges accepted views on Japanese production methods in the world car industry. The Myth of Japanese Efficiency casts a familiar debate in an |
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... claims of a great leap forward in the potential efficiencies of manufacturing resource use . Moreover , there is a pervading sense that what is described in the car sector has a more general relevance : that what has been witnessed ' in ...
... claims of a great leap forward in the potential efficiencies of manufacturing resource use . Moreover , there is a pervading sense that what is described in the car sector has a more general relevance : that what has been witnessed ' in ...
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... . This does not mean , of course , that the contribu- tion is a negative one . In the course of considering the merits and demerits of claims made by and on behalf of Japanese assemblers in 4 The myth of Japanese efficiency.
... . This does not mean , of course , that the contribu- tion is a negative one . In the course of considering the merits and demerits of claims made by and on behalf of Japanese assemblers in 4 The myth of Japanese efficiency.
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The World Car Industry in a Globalizing Age Dan Coffey. claims made by and on behalf of Japanese assemblers in the world's car indus- try , the studies presented also contribute in a critically positive way to the study of manufacturing ...
The World Car Industry in a Globalizing Age Dan Coffey. claims made by and on behalf of Japanese assemblers in the world's car indus- try , the studies presented also contribute in a critically positive way to the study of manufacturing ...
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... claim that Japanese assemblers , led by Toyota , obtained a comparative advantage in the market place owing to more flexible assembly processes . It observes , with supporting illustrations and historically grounded comparisons , that ...
... claim that Japanese assemblers , led by Toyota , obtained a comparative advantage in the market place owing to more flexible assembly processes . It observes , with supporting illustrations and historically grounded comparisons , that ...
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... claims concerning manufacturing practices at the cost of a more realistic assessment of the discontents of globalization and the problems facing industrial workers . Chapter 7 ( Rethinking lean thinking : substance and counterfeit ) ...
... claims concerning manufacturing practices at the cost of a more realistic assessment of the discontents of globalization and the problems facing industrial workers . Chapter 7 ( Rethinking lean thinking : substance and counterfeit ) ...
Contents
1 | |
Wide selection a myth encountered | 15 |
Production malapropisms the BMWRover Group controversy | 44 |
Lean production the dog that did not bark | 69 |
Back to the future the reorganization of work at Toyota | 98 |
Rivalrous asymmetries and the Japanese myth | 118 |
Rethinking lean thinking substance and counterfeit | 145 |
The totalizing myth Japanese efficiency as a cultural fiction | 161 |
References | 181 |
Index | 193 |
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