The Strategic Significance of Standardization General Motors Corporation

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Criqui, Francis L., author.

Conference Name:

Global Vehicle Development Conference (1995-12-11 : Dearborn, Michigan, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1995

Summary:

The global economy, global competition, and the global customer are all factors driving change into the way companies manage their businesses. As the vision of a global economy becomes a reality, the utilization of standardization philosophies and techniques emerge as strategic priorities for companies desiring to gain and/or sustain global competitiveness.This paper begins with an exploration of the literature that identifies the lack of standardization and standards as a strategic competitive weakness of American industry. The exploration culminates in a series of conclusions that lead to the development of a new strategic approach to standardization and the challenges facing American industry. This new approach is called Strategic Standardization Management. The paper then outlines the benefits of standardization and describes a generic transformation process that a company can use to implement Strategic Standardization Management. The paper concludes by identifying areas and issues that have a strategic standardization component, areas that need continuing action by American industry and have the potential to incease the global competitiveness of American industry

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Publisher Number:

952787

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