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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... described in the car sector has a more general relevance : that what has been witnessed ' in the making and selling of cars is of fundamental significance . The proposal that a ' new system ' emerged in the 1970s , to which failure to ...
... described in the car sector has a more general relevance : that what has been witnessed ' in the making and selling of cars is of fundamental significance . The proposal that a ' new system ' emerged in the 1970s , to which failure to ...
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... described as a ' lean and flex- ible ' producer . But the view that Japan's car assemblers , led by Toyota , were proving to be highly flexible operators in the organization of the interface between factory and market gained serious ...
... described as a ' lean and flex- ible ' producer . But the view that Japan's car assemblers , led by Toyota , were proving to be highly flexible operators in the organization of the interface between factory and market gained serious ...
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Contents
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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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