Angol
For the world's leading car-makers, the early 1990s brought radical changes. The reports published by MIT shocked management in European and American industries. Former major companies had to face consequences no one had expected. The assembly-lines were reorganized in order to achieve higher quality at lower costs.§Five years after the MIT report, this book poses the question: What are the results of this revolution in work organization? Scientists and practitioners, many of them involved in earlier reports, evaluate the changes to the automotive industry in Europe and Japan. An insight into recent concepts in automation and the organization of production. For leading the car-makers of the world the early 1990s brought significant changes, both in effectivity and profits. Formerly leading companies had to face consequences no one had expected. What are the results of the revolution in work organization and assembly automation? Scientists involved in those reports published in the early 1990s now gathered to evaluate the changes in worlds car-making industries. In this publication the reader will learn about todays concepts in automation and organization of produktion, in Japan, America and Europe. Five years later - how did the car-makers deal with the situation?
