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Manufacturing Innovation: Lessons from the Japanese Auto Industry
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By Michael A. Cusumano
Fall 1988
Reprint 3013
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Volume 30, Number 1, pages 29-39, 11 pages
Primary Topic: Technology and Innovation
Secondary Topic: Operations
SummaryThe fact that Japanese manufacturers made tremendous inroads on the global automobile market during the 1970s will surprise nobody. What may surprise many is that Toyota's productivity rates exceeded U.S. manufacturers' as long ago as the 1960s. Business historian Michael A. Cusumano details the spectacular developments in Japanese productivity, quality, and process flexibility that have occurred over the past thirty years. |
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