"Faster, better, cheaper" in the history of manufacturing from the Stone Age to lean manufacturing and beyond
Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Preface : my grandparents workshop -- Failure and success in manufacturing : the gm-toyota nummi joint venture -- The age of the artisan -- The stone age -- The urban revolution : the emergence of society -- Advances during antiquity -- The middle-ages in europe --...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Boca Raton, London, New York
CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, a Productivity Press book
2017
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| Schriftenreihe: | A Productivity Press book
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Preface : my grandparents workshop -- Failure and success in manufacturing : the gm-toyota nummi joint venture -- The age of the artisan -- The stone age -- The urban revolution : the emergence of society -- Advances during antiquity -- The middle-ages in europe -- The industrial revolution : manufacturing gets mechanized -- Early modern europe -- Pioneers of a new age : the factory system -- Fire is stronger than blood and water : steam power -- Interchangeable parts : the end of filing in assembly -- Social conflict -- Modern times : mass production for the masses -- Technological advances -- Science meets shop floor -- The assembly line and the era of the industrial empires -- Centrally planned economies : war, communism and other catastrophes -- *click* let-me-do-this-for-you *clack* : computers in manufacturing -- The toyota production system and lean manufacturing -- The cutting edge -- Where are we now? -- Things to come -- Appendix -- Timelines -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | xxi, 411 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781498756303 978-1-4987-5630-3 1498756301 1-4987-5630-1 |