New wave manufacturing strategies : organizational and human resource management dimensions / edited by John Storey.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Storey, John, 1947-

Series:

Human resource management series (London, England)

Human resource management series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Production management.

Industrial management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Paul Chapman, 1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Over the past decade, many companies have adopted new strategies for manufacturing, which have taken their competitiveness on to new planes. A whole array of initiatives, such as FMS, JIT, TQM, CIM, and MRP II, have been introduced. This book deals with the far-reaching significance of these new approaches - collectively labelled ""new wave manufacturing"". Considerable research evidence as well as practitioners' own experiences make one crucial point time and time again. The organizational as well as the human resource management aspects of these new strategies are critical to th

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Preface

Abbreviations

List of figures

1. New Wave Manufacturing Strategies: An Introduction / John Storey

2. The Link Between Manufacturing Strategy, Organization and Technology / Joe Tidd

3. The Problem of Implementing Manufacturing Strategy / Nicholas Kinnie and Roy Staughton

4. The Design-Manufacturing Interface / Arthur Francis

5. Flexible Manufacturing Systems / Harry Boer

6. Total Quality Management / Patrick Dawson

7. Computer-Integrated Manufacturing: Elements and Totality / Malcolm Hill

8. Manufacturing Resource Planning / Alan Spreadbury

9. Just-in-Time Manufacturing / Alan Harrison

10. Cellular Manufacture and the Role of Teams / David Buchanan

11. Worker Responses to New Wave Manufacturing / Paul Adler

12. Future Prospects / John Storey

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Format:

Print version: New wave manufacturing strategies : organizational and human resource management dimensions.

ISBN:

9786612267932

9781282267930

1282267930

9781849207027

184920702X

OCLC:

491364749