When it comes to very highly complex, commercially funded product-development projects it is not sufficient to apply standard project management techniques to manage and keep them under control.
When it comes to very highly complex, commercially funded product-development projects it is not sufficient to apply standard project management techniques to manage and keep them under control.
The bestselling guide to Toyota's legendary philosophy and production system-updated with important new frameworks for driving innovation and quality in your businessOne of the most impactful business guides published in the 21st Century, The Toyota Way played an outsized role in launching the continuous-improvement movement that continues unabated today.
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.
How companies are using lean development to revolutionize their product and service offerings-vital lessons any business leader can use as an engine of innovationHow did Ford Motors use Lean Development to pull off one of the most impressive corporate turnarounds in history?
Transform your company's critical operations-and its destiny-through a powerful kaizen-focused strategy designed for 21st century efficiencyA pioneer of the operational excellence movement that continues to transform businesses across the world, Masaaki Imai takes you to the next step of continuous improvement developing an overall strategy for measuring your company s operational performance and improving processes in ways that boost efficiency and gain competitiveness.
Transform your company's critical operations-and its destiny-through a powerful kaizen-focused strategy designed for 21st century efficiencyA pioneer of the operational excellence movement that continues to transform businesses across the world, Masaaki Imai takes you to the next step of continuous improvement developing an overall strategy for measuring your company s operational performance and improving processes in ways that boost efficiency and gain competitiveness.
Global Automobile Demand is a two-volume work analysing the impact of the Great Recession and the structural factors which shape automobile demand in developed and emerging countries.
Global Automobile Demand is a two-volume work analysing the impact of the Great Recession and the structural factors which shape automobile demand in developed and emerging countries.
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.
Adopting a multi-disciplinary approach and using the case of the automotive industry as a starting point this volume discusses how industrial companies can remain competitive in spite of the current economic downturn.
First published in 1980, this book considers the British motor industry over the period between 1945 and 1979, analysing the ways in which the industry suffered a considerable decline in the post-war era, when compared to motor industries of other countries or to most other British industries.
First published in 1980, this book considers the British motor industry over the period between 1945 and 1979, analysing the ways in which the industry suffered a considerable decline in the post-war era, when compared to motor industries of other countries or to most other British industries.
This work examines the responses of unions and workers to regional integration and restructuring in the automobile industry in North and Central America.
This work examines the responses of unions and workers to regional integration and restructuring in the automobile industry in North and Central America.
This comprehensive account of the past, present and future of the automobile examines the key trends, key technologies and key players involved in the race to develop clean, environmentally friendly vehicles that are affordable and that do not compromise on safety or design.
This comprehensive account of the past, present and future of the automobile examines the key trends, key technologies and key players involved in the race to develop clean, environmentally friendly vehicles that are affordable and that do not compromise on safety or design.
With China's accession to the World Trade Organization imminent, this book brings together the expert views of scholars, policy-makers and business representatives on the consequences of this historic event.
With China's accession to the World Trade Organization imminent, this book brings together the expert views of scholars, policy-makers and business representatives on the consequences of this historic event.
The book arose from a multi-disciplinary study which looked at the development of global-local manufacturing clusters in the context of a developing, Asian economy.
The book arose from a multi-disciplinary study which looked at the development of global-local manufacturing clusters in the context of a developing, Asian economy.
This study explains how Westland dominated British helicopter production and why government funding and support failed to generate competitive "e;all-British"e; alternatives.
This study explains how Westland dominated British helicopter production and why government funding and support failed to generate competitive "e;all-British"e; alternatives.
Industrial competition with rising economies, new regional investment from the West, and trade pacts among competitors threaten Japan's long postwar prominence.
Industrial competition with rising economies, new regional investment from the West, and trade pacts among competitors threaten Japan's long postwar prominence.
Examine the costs and benefits of fiscal wars between Brazilian statesLatin American Business examines Brazil's use of fiscal incentives to attract investors to help remedy disparities in the country's regional distribution of income.
Examine the costs and benefits of fiscal wars between Brazilian statesLatin American Business examines Brazil's use of fiscal incentives to attract investors to help remedy disparities in the country's regional distribution of income.
This book analyses the industrial reform measures taken by the Chinese government during the decade 1985-95 and identifies the economic and political tensions and contradictions that state enterprise reform has presented to a leadership intent on maintaining its authoritative political position.
This book analyses the industrial reform measures taken by the Chinese government during the decade 1985-95 and identifies the economic and political tensions and contradictions that state enterprise reform has presented to a leadership intent on maintaining its authoritative political position.
This book considers the concepts of organisational learning and the learning organisation, and critically examines their take up within the context of four contemporary work organisations in the European automotive sector.
This book considers the concepts of organisational learning and the learning organisation, and critically examines their take up within the context of four contemporary work organisations in the European automotive sector.
