Manufacturing technology transfer : a Japanese monozukuri view of needs and strategies / Yasuo Yamane, Thomas Childs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yamane, Yasuo, author.

Childs, Thomas (Thomas H. C.), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Production management--Japan.

Production management.

Technology transfer--Japan.

Technology transfer.

Production engineering--Japan.

Production engineering.

Manufacturing processes--Japan.

Manufacturing processes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 216 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton ; London ; New York : CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Based on a bestselling book originally published in Japanese, Manufacturing Technology Transfer: A Japanese Monozukuri View of Needs and Strategies offers time-tested methods and little-known tips for achieving successful transfer of technology along with the skills required to operate that technology. Designed to support a series of lectures on technology transfer within a master’s course on the management of technology, it presents the results of years of research carried out at Hiroshima University.The book delves into the authors’ decades of experience transferring technology between Japan and the rest of the world, particularly to developing countries from where much of the world’s future economic growth is expected. It contains case studies of successful technology transfers from both the ship building and food equipment industries. Its wide-reaching coverage examines methods of skill transfer, production management, and manufacturing company classification.Introducing readers to the engineering activities that occur within the manufacturing industry, the book illustrates the engineering technology activities involved in manufacturing, along with the production management activities required to support them. It also explains how job simulators can help shorten learning times in the manufacturing industry in the same way that flight simulators are used to teach flying skills to pilots.The book outlines a framework for teaching and learning processes that can be visualized in terms of an S-shaped learning curve. It explains how technology transfer overseas should be supported by contractual agreements between the parties concerned. Detailing the legal/contractual responsibilities for all parties involved, it also describes what you should do if problems arise during the transfer.Integrating previously unpublished research results with illustrative case studies, this book is suitable for a wide audience within the manufacturing industry—including manufacturing engineering students in both developed and developing countries, those responsible for the development of manufacturing engineers in industry and elsewhere, and anyone interested in the international activities of Japanese manufacturing companies.

Contents:

chapter 1 - Manufacturing Industry

chapter 2 - Learning Curves and Their Utilization

chapter 3 - Skill Transfer in Manufacturing Industries

chapter 4 - Virtual Manufacturing to Speed Up Learning

chapter 5 - Production Management and Technology Transfer in Manufacturing

chapter 6 Overseas Expansion and Technology Transfer

chapter 7 - Technology Transfer and Legal Affairs

chapter 8 Technology Transfer from Participants’ Viewpoints

chapter 9 - Overseas Expansion Technology Decision Making

chapter 10 - Example of Shipbuilding Industry in Overseas Technology Transfer

chapter 11 - Example of Overseas Expansion (Food Machinery)

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781466567641

1466567643

9781315300412

1315300419

9781482201512

1482201518

OCLC:

869464441