Authors: Rapha Kaplinsky, Anne Posthuma
ISBN-13: 9780714646114, ISBN-10: 0714646113
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Date Published: December 1994
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Japanese industry has shown its superiority in a range of traded goods sectors. It was thought that this competitive advantage arose from the use of electronics-based flexible automation technologies, but it is now clear that the major source of this industrial strength is in the development and diffusion of new management techniques such as just-in-time production and total quality management.
A number of Western firms have begun to introduce these management techniques and have begun to reap significant benefits, not just in lowering costs but also in improving product variety and quality, and in being able to satisfy customer needs more effectively. This is a practical and relevant book for those involved in the areas of policy and production, as well as being of relevance to those in the teaching and research communities.
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List of Figures | ||
Acknowledgements | ||
Glossary | ||
Preface | ||
1 | The Significance and Nature of Japanese Manufacturing Techniques | 3 |
2 | Can Japanese Management Techniques Travel? | 37 |
3 | The Diffusion of Japanese Management Techniques in Developing Countries: Experience from India | 73 |
4 | The Diffusion of Japanese Management Techniques in Developing Countries: Experiences from Three Latin American Economies (Brazil, the Dominican Republic and Mexico) | 103 |
5 | Japanese Management Techniques in Zimbabwe: The Context of Diffusion | 145 |
6 | Ofco: Building Flexibility into Layout: Industrial Shelving and Office Furniture | 169 |
7 | Cartsco: Plant Management is Critical for Successful Implementation | 191 |
8 | Autoco: Holding the Gains | 217 |
9 | Cartonco: Inappropriate Corporate Strategy and Lack of Managerial Commitment Limit the Gains | 239 |
10 | Promoting the Diffusion of Japanese Management Techniques in LDCs | 271 |
References | 313 |