| Transforming Automobile Assembly: Experience in Automation and Work Organization Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Shimokawa, Koichi (Editor), Jürgens, Ulrich (Editor), Fujimoto, Takahiro (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3642643779 ISBN-13: 9783642643774 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Transportation | Automotive - Customizing - Technology & Engineering | Engineering (general) - Technology & Engineering | Robotics |
| Dewey: 629.234 |
| Physical Information: 0.87" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.31 lbs) 414 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Five years after the publication of MITs lean production book practitioners and academics from Japan, USA and Europe present new concepts, findings and conclusions in regard to one of the most critical areas of automobile production. The focus of the book is to explore automation and work organization for the final assembly operations in the world automobile industry. The authors are company practitioners in charge of planning assembly operations and academic researchers drawing from recent empirical work. Thus, the book presents a multi-facetted view on a development of critical importance for future development of the industry. The book is rich with figures, fotos, tables, thus making the text vivid, easy to understand and illustrative. |