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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... important material stands alongside tacit assumptions and assertions which ( it will be argued ) are ill- founded : inasmuch as space allows , an attempt is made throughout to discuss in discriminating terms . At the same time , this ...
... important material stands alongside tacit assumptions and assertions which ( it will be argued ) are ill- founded : inasmuch as space allows , an attempt is made throughout to discuss in discriminating terms . At the same time , this ...
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... important issues of operations management . To this end , it broaches the question of comparative flexibility in assembly operations from the particular viewpoint of the ' width ' of selection offered to prospective customers . In this ...
... important issues of operations management . To this end , it broaches the question of comparative flexibility in assembly operations from the particular viewpoint of the ' width ' of selection offered to prospective customers . In this ...
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... important forces , this might be expected to impinge on the production of ' knowledge ' and ' truth ' in ways which are both fairly direct and rather unsubtle . But at the same time , it is clear that there are corporate critics - both ...
... important forces , this might be expected to impinge on the production of ' knowledge ' and ' truth ' in ways which are both fairly direct and rather unsubtle . But at the same time , it is clear that there are corporate critics - both ...
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... important theme in advanced industrial economies . Following preambles on the factory division of labour , and Taylorism , the factories of Henry Ford are selected as providing definitive illustration of the 20th century extension of ...
... important theme in advanced industrial economies . Following preambles on the factory division of labour , and Taylorism , the factories of Henry Ford are selected as providing definitive illustration of the 20th century extension of ...
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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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