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Cars: Analysis, History, Cases
by Colin Haslam ; John Williams ; Karel Williams
Binding: Paperback, 272 pages
Publisher: Berghahn Books
List Price: USD $22.95
Weight: 65
Dimension: H: 0.75 x L: 8.3 x W: 0.49 inches
ISBN 10: 1571818510
ISBN 13: 9781571818515
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Car manufacturing involves the movement of large numbers of heavy, awkward objects incorporating some 20,000 parts, through a large number of short cycles. As to be expected the constant flow of the process involved is disrupted by both the inherent complexities of production and those of market restrictions. This study, a unique blend of analysis, history, and case studies, not only characterizes the essence of car manufacturing but also explains the likes between production, market conditions, and financial results and constraints. At the same time, it challenges fashionable views on the car industry and rejects the current preference for facile dichotomies (e.g. mass production vs. lean production; Japan vs. America; freedom vs. regulation). However, it also shows that the failure of BMC, the largest failure in the industry to date, cannot be attributed to its incomplete adoption of the best system. Ford and Toyota were exceptionally successful in their production organization but their solutions also required exceptional market conditions for their successful implementation.

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