Transforming Automobile Assembly
Subtitle: Experience in Automation and Work Organization
By: edited by Koichi Shimokawa, Ulrich Jürgens, Takahiro Fujimoto
Contributors: Jürgens, Ulrich; Fujimoto, Takahiro
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 414
ISBN-13: 9783642643774; 9783642603747
Subjects: Engineering; Economics; Business planning; Engineering economy
Description: For leading the car-makers of the world the early 1990s brought significant changes, both in effectivity and profits. Formerly leading companies had to face consequences no one had expected. What are the results of the revolution in work organization and assembly automation? Scientists involved in those reports published in the early 1990s now gathered to evaluate the changes in worlds car-making industries. In this publication the reader will learn about todays concepts in automation and organization of produktion, in Japan, America and Europe. Five years later - how did the car-makers deal with the situation?
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