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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... selection : a myth encountered 3. Production malapropisms : the BMW - Rover Group controversy 4. Lean production : the dog that did not bark 5. Back to the future : the reorganization of work at Toyota 1 15 44 69 98 6. Rivalrous ...
... selection : a myth encountered 3. Production malapropisms : the BMW - Rover Group controversy 4. Lean production : the dog that did not bark 5. Back to the future : the reorganization of work at Toyota 1 15 44 69 98 6. Rivalrous ...
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... selected in this context only as providing the ' most spectacular ' example of a break from this past , evidenced by the supposed emergence of a distinctive ' lean production ' in Japan : the transition from the old to the new is ...
... selected in this context only as providing the ' most spectacular ' example of a break from this past , evidenced by the supposed emergence of a distinctive ' lean production ' in Japan : the transition from the old to the new is ...
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... selected to illustrate themes being progressed in indi- vidual chapters , to indicate sudden changes in precept or ... selection offered to prospective customers . In this context , the point of departure is the number of alternate ...
... selected to illustrate themes being progressed in indi- vidual chapters , to indicate sudden changes in precept or ... selection offered to prospective customers . In this context , the point of departure is the number of alternate ...
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... selected ) on the same production lines , in a single inte- grated assembly process . The chapter considers and ... selections offered to prospective customers seeking to buy cars . And in this part of its argument the chapter concludes ...
... selected ) on the same production lines , in a single inte- grated assembly process . The chapter considers and ... selections offered to prospective customers seeking to buy cars . And in this part of its argument the chapter concludes ...
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... selected as providing definitive illustration of the 20th century extension of the principles of ' scientific management ' ; the example is established both ... selection : a myth encountered The assembly 14 The myth of Japanese efficiency.
... selected as providing definitive illustration of the 20th century extension of the principles of ' scientific management ' ; the example is established both ... selection : a myth encountered The assembly 14 The myth of Japanese efficiency.
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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