Profit beyond measure : extraordinary results through attention to work and people / H. Thomas Johnson, Anders Bröms ; foreword by Peter M. Senge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, H. Thomas, 1938-

Contributor:

Bröms, Anders

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial management.

Production management.

Managerial accounting.

Cost control.

Profit.

Automobile industry and trade--Management--Case studies.

Automobile industry and trade.

Cost Control.

cost control.

Automobile industry and trade--Management.

Medical Subjects:

Cost Control.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xvi, 256 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Free Press, ©2000.

Summary:

"Profit Beyond Measure details how two extremely profitable manufacturers, Toyota and the Swedish truck maker Scania, have rejected the traditional mechanistic mindset of managing by results that generates waste. Johnson and Broms explain how Toyota and Scania achieve their legendary cost advantage through a revolutionary concept they call managing by means (MBM). Instead of being driven to meet preconceived accounting targets, the production systems of Toyota and Scania are governed by the three precepts guide all living systems: self-organization, interdependence, and diversity."--Jacket.

Contents:

Foreword / Peter M. Senge

Introduction: Toward a New System of Thought

Ch. 1. Lessons from the Rouge

Ch. 2. Relationships (MBM) versus Quantity (MBR)

Ch. 3. Produce to Order

Ch. 4. Design to Order

Ch. 5. Assess to Order

Ch. 6. Results Are in the Details

Ch. 7. What's Natural Comes Hard

Afterword / Leif Ostling.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-246) and index.

ISBN:

068483667X

9780684836676

OCLC:

44420613

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