Transforming Automobile Assembly

By Koichi Shimokawa

Subjects: Automobiles, design and construction, Assembly-line methods, Economics, Engineering, Engineering economy, Business planning, Methods engineering

Description: For leading the car-makers of the world the early 1990s brought significant changes, both in effectivity and profits. Formerly leading companies had to face consequences no one had expected. What are the results of the revolution in work organization and assembly automation? Scientists involved in those reports published in the early 1990s now gathered to evaluate the changes in worlds car-making industries. In this publication the reader will learn about todays concepts in automation and organization of produktion, in Japan, America and Europe. Five years later - how did the car-makers deal with the situation?