- Item type
- Book
- Language
- anglais
- Pages
- viii, 323 p.
- Publication year
- 1991
- ISBN
- 0-89256-350-8
- Content notes
- Before you begin this book --- 1. The industry of industries in transition --- THE ORIGINS OF LEAN PRODUCTION --- 2. The rise and fall of mass production --- 3. The rise of lean production --- THE ELEMENTS OF LEAN PRODUCTION --- 4. Running the factory --- 5. Designing the car --- 6. Coordinating the supply chain --- 7. Dealing with customers --- 8. Managing the lean enterprise --- DIFFUSING LEAN PRODUCTION --- 9. Confusion about diffusion --- 10. Completing the transition --- Epilogue --- End notes --- Appendixes --- A. International motor vehicle program sponsoring organizations --- B. International motor vehicle program research affiliate team --- C. IMVP program and forum participants --- D. IMVP publication list --- Index.
“If you read one book about business this year, this is the one from which you’ll learn the most. It is the first to reveal:
• How the Japanese have been able to move ahead of the rest of the world in the global auto wars
• Their secret weapon: a manufacturing method called lean production, explained here in depth for the first time
• How the lack of implementation of lean production has been eroding the supremacy of American and European auto makers
• How some smart companies in the West are beginning to adopt lean production
• What industry everywhere must learn about lean production
• How lean production is going to change not only the way things are made but the fate of companies and nations, and how we live, work, and think
• What we all can learn from this deeply researched report…CEOs, managers, labor leaders, those in the financial world, and consumers in every country around the globe.” – from back cover.
Before you begin this book --- 1. The industry of industries in transition --- THE ORIGINS OF LEAN PRODUCTION --- 2. The rise and fall of mass production --- 3. The rise of lean production --- THE ELEMENTS OF LEAN PRODUCTION --- 4. Running the factory --- 5. Designing the car --- 6. Coordinating the supply chain --- 7. Dealing with customers --- 8. Managing the lean enterprise --- DIFFUSING LEAN PRODUCTION --- 9. Confusion about diffusion --- 10. Completing the transition --- Epilogue --- End notes --- Appendixes --- A. International motor vehicle program sponsoring organizations --- B. International motor vehicle program research affiliate team --- C. IMVP program and forum participants --- D. IMVP publication list --- Index..
