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Build to Order
. Ed(S): Parry, Glenn; Graves, Andrew
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Description for Build to Order
Hardback. Build To Order: The Road to the 5-Day Car addresses the conceptual and practical aspects for achieving the automotive industry's next goal: the rapid delivery to the customer of a bespoke vehicle only days after placing an order. Editor(s): Parry, Glenn; Graves, Andrew. Num Pages: 438 pages, 22 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: TGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 31. Weight in Grams: 810.
Over the past 100 years the European Automotive Industry has been repeatedly challenged by best practice. First by the United States, through the development of ‘mass production’ pioneered by Henry Ford and more recently by ‘lean production techniques’ as practised by the leading Japanese producers, particularly Toyota. It has consistently risen to these challenges and has shown it can compete and even outperform its competitors with world-class products. However, the European - dustry is now faced with growing competition and growth from new emerging low-cost countries and needs to re-define its competitive advantage to remain at the forefront of the ... Read more
Over the past 100 years the European Automotive Industry has been repeatedly challenged by best practice. First by the United States, through the development of ‘mass production’ pioneered by Henry Ford and more recently by ‘lean production techniques’ as practised by the leading Japanese producers, particularly Toyota. It has consistently risen to these challenges and has shown it can compete and even outperform its competitors with world-class products. However, the European - dustry is now faced with growing competition and growth from new emerging low-cost countries and needs to re-define its competitive advantage to remain at the forefront of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
438
Condition
New
Number of Pages
438
Place of Publication
England, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848002241
SKU
V9781848002241
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Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About . Ed(S): Parry, Glenn; Graves, Andrew
Glenn Parry is a senior research fellow in the University of Bath's School of Management (UK), having joined the university after working for the UK Lean Aerospace Initiative, WMG and the University of Warwick (UK). He is participating in the EU Intelligent Logistics for Innovative Product Technologies (ILIPT) project, which explores the feasibility of producing and delivering a bespoke car ... Read more
Reviews for Build to Order
From the review: This book is interesting and well organised... [T]he editors have been able to well integrate the different contributions proposing a book which appears homogeneous... and well written. Production Planning & Control Vol. 20, No. 8 (December 2009) (Reviewer: Paulo Gaiardelli)