The perpetual enterprise machine : seven keys to corporate renewal through successful product and process development / editors, H. Kent Bowen [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bowen, H. Kent, editor.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Project management--United States.

Project management.

New products--United States--Management.

New products.

Production management--United States.

Production management.

United States--Manufactures--Case studies.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (447 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Describing the ways that firms can develop successful products and processes, this book examines a number of examples of successes - and failures - and derives useful lessons for managers. It derives from a major study combining five US companies and four universities.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction: The Manufacturing Vision Group; Appendix: Project Summaries; 1. The Manufacturer's Perpetual Enterprise Machine; 2. Core Capabilities and Core Rigidities; 3. Guiding Visions; 4. Pushing the Performance Envelope; 5. Project Leadership and Organization; 6. Ownership and Commitment; 7. Prototyping: Rapid Learning and Early Testing; 8. Integration Within Projects; 9. An Opportunity for Leadership in Learning; 10. Chaparral Steel Company; 11. Digital Equipment Corporation; 12. Eastman Kodak Company; 13. Ford Motor Company; 14. Hewlett-Packard Company; Notes; Index; A; B; C

DE; F; G; H; I; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; W

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1994.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-770352-6

1-280-52669-6

0-19-802423-1

1-4294-0569-4

OCLC:

476014825