Author: Robert H. HayesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Industrial organization
Languages : en
Pages : 11
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Why Japanese Factories Work
Author: Robert H. HayesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Industrial organization
Languages : en
Pages : 11
Book Description
Why Japanese Factories Work
Author: Robert H. HayesPublisher:
ISBN: 9780000814081
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Japanese Manufacturing Techniques
Author: Richard SchonbergerPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0029291003
Category : Industrial management
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Japanese productivity and quality standards have fired the imagination of American managers, but until now there has been little explanation of how to do it -- how to apply Japanese methods at the actual operating level of U.S. manufacturing plants. This book shows you how, exposing otherwise well-informed westernized readers to a new world of management ideas. Author Richard J. Schonberger demonstrates that the Japanese formula for success is based on a number of specific, interrelated techniques -- stunning in their simplicity -- and he shows how these techniques can be put to work in American industries today. Here, in a clear, handbook format, are nine "lessons" for American manufacturers, introducing scores of techniques aimed at simplifying the overly-complex purchasing, inventory, assembly-fine, and quality-control processes of U.S. firms. At the heart of Japanese manufacturing success are two overlapping strategies: "just-in-time" production and "total quality control." Some American manufacturers already know a little about these methods, but Richard Schonberger provides the most comprehensive description of these techniques available: how they developed, how they all fit together, why they are so potent, and how they "snowball" -- unleashing a powerful chain reaction of productivity and quality control improvements each time more simplification is introduced. -- Publisher description.
British Factory Japanese Factory
Author: Ronald P. DorePublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520024953
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Based on surveys of two Japanese factories and two British ones conducted in 1969.
With Respect to the Japanese
Author: John C. CondonPublisher: John Murray Press
ISBN: 0984247114
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
While Japan has been on center stage of the world economy for decades, interactions between the Japanese and Westerners continue to be on the rise. Daily communication in both business and social settings is commonplace, and connections through the Internet and mobile media make what felt distant only a few years ago seem familiar. Our cultures and social norms remain vastly different, however, and professionals working in Japan are likely to confront new challenges every day. For example, what are the three biggest challenges for Westerners who go to work in Japan? How can you tell when “yes” might mean “no”? When you are the guest in a taxi, who should sit where? In the fully updated second edition of With Respect to the Japanese, readers discover not only answers to basic etiquette questions, but also how to communicate successfully with the Japanese and, in the process, earn mutual respect. John C. Condon and Tomoko Masumoto use real-life examples (from kindergarten classrooms to the boardroom) to explain the contrast between these two distinct cultures. In this essential guide to Japanese culture, you will learn how vital societal characteristics affect communication, decision making, management styles and many other aspects of work and everyday relationships.
The Japanese Factory
Author: James C. AbegglenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Factory system
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Beyond Mass Production
Author: Martin KenneyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Drawing on five years of research that included field studies of dozens of factories, hundreds of personal interviews, and comprehensive surveys of industrial sectors, the authors show how a new face of capitalism is emerging in the US as a result of the infusion of Japanese methods. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
British Factory, Japanese Factory
Author: Ronald DorePublisher: Taylor & Francis US
ISBN: 9780415587174
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
The Japanese way of work is notoriously 'different'. But is it Japan or Britain which is the odd man out? This book explores the real differences through a point-by-point comparison of two Japanese factories with two British ones making similar products.
The Factory
Author: Hiroko OyamadaPublisher: New Directions Publishing
ISBN: 081122886X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
The English-language debut of Hiroko Oyamada—one of the most powerfully strange young voices in Japan The English-language debut of one of Japan's most exciting new writers, The Factory follows three workers at a sprawling industrial factory. Each worker focuses intently on the specific task they've been assigned: one shreds paper, one proofreads documents, and another studies the moss growing all over the expansive grounds. But their lives slowly become governed by their work—days take on a strange logic and momentum, and little by little, the margins of reality seem to be dissolving: Where does the factory end and the rest of the world begin? What's going on with the strange animals here? And after a while—it could be weeks or years—the three workers struggle to answer the most basic question: What am I doing here? With hints of Kafka and unexpected moments of creeping humor, The Factory casts a vivid—and sometimes surreal—portrait of the absurdity and meaninglessness of the modern workplace.
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