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Automotive Production Systems and Standardisation
Constanze Clarke
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Paperback. Series: Contributions to Management Science. Num Pages: 246 pages, 24 black & white illustrations, 14 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 780.
In January 2000, Mercedes-Benz started to implement the Mercedes-Benz Prod- tion System (MPS) throughout its world-wide passenger car plants. This event is exemplary of a trend within the automotive industry: the creation and introduction of company-specific standardised production systems. It gradually emerged with the introduction of the Chrysler Operating System (COS) in the mid-1990s and represents a distinct step in the process towards implementing the universal pr- ciples of lean thinking as propagated by the MIT-study. For the academic field of industrial sociology and labour policy, the emergence of this trend seems to mark a new stage in the evolution ... Read more
In January 2000, Mercedes-Benz started to implement the Mercedes-Benz Prod- tion System (MPS) throughout its world-wide passenger car plants. This event is exemplary of a trend within the automotive industry: the creation and introduction of company-specific standardised production systems. It gradually emerged with the introduction of the Chrysler Operating System (COS) in the mid-1990s and represents a distinct step in the process towards implementing the universal pr- ciples of lean thinking as propagated by the MIT-study. For the academic field of industrial sociology and labour policy, the emergence of this trend seems to mark a new stage in the evolution ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
Series
Contributions to Management Science
Number of Pages
238
Place of Publication
Heidelberg, Germany
ISBN
9783790815788
SKU
V9783790815788
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