Fordism Transformed: The Development of Production Methods in the Automobile Industry: 1 (Fuji Business History) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198289618 ISBN 13: 9780198289616

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 1995

Synopsis

BL Topical BL Leading Japanese, American, and European scholars BL Based on proceedings of prestigious international conference Japan is now the world's largest producer of cars but it only began to catch up with its competitors after the Second World War by studying and modifying the Ford system of mass production implemented first in the USA in the early 20th century. Other countries have also developed the system in their own ways with varying degrees of success. The papers in this volume will examine and compare the experiences of different countries in modifying the system, and the impact of the "quality control movement" and lean production in Japan.

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Review

..".Fordism Transformed provides much information about the history of car manufacture in the major automobile-producing nations....the book is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the history of industrial processes in general and of automobile manufacture in particular."--Technology and Culture

Book Description

The first volume in the prestigious Fuji Conference Series to be published by OUP

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198289618
• ISBN 13: 9780198289616
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 332
• Editor: Shiomi Haruhito, Wada Kazuo