Vehicle and transport manufacturing industries

This book presents the current causes and effects of implementing sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) as well as green supply chain management (GSCM) strategies in the automotive industry.

Kanban Made Simple is the first simple "e;how-to"e; guide for incorporating the just-in-time ingenuity of the Kanban system into any manufacturing environment.

La "técnica" es el "arte" (de la raíz griega techne para ambas palabras) que hace posible la cultura material de la humanidad.

Against the background of the Depression and the Civil Rights movement, The Reuther Brothers helps readers to understand the ongoing struggles for economic and social justice.

Transform your company the Toyota way!

How to speed up business processes, improve quality, and cut costs in any industryIn factories around the world, Toyota consistently makes the highest-quality cars with the fewest defects of any competing manufacturer, while using fewer man-hours, less on-hand inventory, and half the floor space of its competitors.

The definitive inside account of Toyota's greatest crisis-and lessons you can apply to your own company"e;Those who write off Toyota in the current climate of second guessing and speculation are making a profound mistake and need to read this book to get the facts.

How the radical disruption of the auto industry affects you-and how you can prepare for the soon-to-be "e;new normal"e;The combined effect of autonomous driving, electric vehicles, and the sharing economy is on the verge of changing the auto industry all within the next decade.

The moment in 1958 when a sports car-crazed youth in Massachusetts saw his first Ferrari changed his life.

Car Safety Wars is a gripping history of the hundred-year struggle to improve the safety of American automobiles and save lives on the highways.

This is the first book on the global auto industry viewed through the lens of technology.

Industry 4.

Analysing developments in digital technologies and institutional changes, this book provides an overview of the current frenetic state of transformation within the global automobile industry.

This book chronicles the divergent growth trends in car production in Belgium and Spain.

This book is the first independent exploration of the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile's (FIA) institutional history.

The book provides a holistic and practical approach to lean management throughout the business value chain.

This book offers an advanced treatise of the mechanics of springs with focus on the springs for automotive industry.

This book examines how the norms, culture, and practices of the socio-economic Nordic model give them a competitive edge in globalized production chains.

This book provides extensive insight into the impact of electro-mobility (e-Mobility) on traditional automobile manufacturers.

This book analyses the development of strategic supply chain modelling and its role in optimisingdecision-making in business, in relation to advances in technology and increased demand due to globalisation.

Over the past two decades, society has been witnessing how technological, political, and societal changes have been transforming individual and collective urban mobility.

This book focuses on how digital technologies and rapid developments in artificial intelligence are shaping a new generation of cyber-physical systems based on the convergence among robots, sensors, and 3D printing.

This monograph adresses the challenge of the environmental assessment of leightweight electric vehicles.

This book challenges the widely-held belief that popular narratives about business are invariably critical.

In 1962, South Korea assembled just 1,100 new automobiles.

In order to build a sustainable transport system for people and goods that meets the needs of all users, a truly integrated and seamless approach is needed, and the full potential of transformative technologies has to be exploited.

Für repräsentative Fahrzeugmodelle mit unterschiedlichen Antriebskonzepten sind die Gesamtkosten bezogen auf deren Klimabelastung in diesem Buch vorgestellt.

In Gesellschaften existieren zeitliche Rhythmen der Ruhe und Aktivität.

In einem arbeitsteiligen, flexiblen und vernetzten Wirtschaftssystem ist und bleibt der Straßengüterverkehr das Zugpferd für Wachstum und Wohlstand.

Only ten years ago driving was about horsepower, style and comfort -- people said they loved their cars.

This book addresses a perennial challenge for product planners and designers alike: how to objectively specify and quantify the aesthetics of products.

Most automobiles in use today are propelled by a internal combustion engine, fuelled by deflagration of gasoline (also known as petrol) or diesel.

This book provides insights into current issues in corporate governance by examining twelve cases from the 2010s and 2020s where corporate governance was seen to be an issue.

This book provides an overview of evolving patterns of trade partnership with historical perspective.

Das Buch bietet einen ganzheitlichen und praktischen Ansatz für das Lean Management in der gesamten Wertschöpfungskette eines Unternehmens.

This Element applies capability-architecture-performance approach to the automobile sector, featuring lean production, modularization, etc.

This comprehensive reference guide reviews the literature concerning the impact of the automobile on American social, economic, and political history.

The book complements the current body of knowledge in business-to-business marketing with the experience of many professionals ranging from marketers to top management of a leading automotive semiconductor supplier worldwide.

The book complements the current body of knowledge in business-to-business marketing with the experience of many professionals ranging from marketers to top management of a leading automotive semiconductor supplier worldwide.

The world's bestselling Lean expert shows service-based organizations how to go Lean, gain value, and get results-The Toyota Way.

This Element applies capability-architecture-performance approach to the automobile sector, featuring lean production, modularization, etc.

Mary Barra's quest to move GM to a manufacturer of electric cars has captured the attention of automobile aficionados, green-business advocates, and leaders of all types who have to admire Mary's toughness in moving forward despite the overwhelming obstacles in her path.

Since 2008, while the global automotive manufacturing has been faltering, the Chinese auto industry has been swiftly transformed into the largest producer in the world.

Building on his decades of experience as a consultant and project manager in the automotive industry, the author develops comprehensive and pragmatic recommendations for action regarding the digital transformation of the automotive and supplier industries.

This book examines the dramatic increase in automotive assembly plants in the former Socialist Central European (CE) nations of Czechia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia from 1989 onwards.