Author : Koichi Shimokawa
Release : 2011-10-09
Genre : Technology & Engineering
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 754/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Transforming Automobile Assembly by : Koichi Shimokawa
Download or read book Transforming Automobile Assembly written by Koichi Shimokawa. This book was released on 2011-10-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the world's leading car-makers, the early 1990s brought radical changes. The reports published by MIT shocked management in European and American industries. Former major companies had to face consequences no one had expected. The assembly-lines were reorganized in order to achieve higher quality at lower costs. Five years after the MIT report, this book poses the question: What are the results of this revolution in work organization? Scientists and practitioners, many of them involved in earlier reports, evaluate the changes to the automotive industry in Europe and Japan. An insight into recent concepts in automation and the organization of production.