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9780875463179

Alternatives to Lean Production

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  • ISBN13:

    9780875463179

  • ISBN10:

    0875463177

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1993-11-01
  • Publisher: Cornell Univ Pr

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Table of Contents

Preface
The Assembly-Line Regime and the Volvo Trajectoryp. 3
The Evolution and Transplantation of Toyotismp. 22
The Swedish Automotive Industry: Small-Scale Car Makers, Global Truck Producersp. 56
Pressures for Change: The Labor Market and Trade Unionsp. 71
Organizational and Technical Design of Swedish Automotive Assemblyp. 90
Competitive "Craft Work" in Two Bus Plantsp. 101
Pioneers in Car and Truck Assembly: Volvo Kalmar and Volvo LBp. 119
Innovations in Uddevalla, Stalemate in Gothenburgp. 146
Methodological Problems in Comparing Working Conditionsp. 184
The Degrading Monotony of the Assembly Linep. 194
Assembly Designs and Working Conditions: A Five-Plant Comparisonp. 206
Shop-Floor Power and the Dynamics of Group Workp. 221
Toward Postlean Productionp. 232
Notesp. 257
Referencesp. 267
Indexp. 277
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