Lean production not only successfully challenged the accepted mass production practices in
the automotive industry, significantly shifting the trade-off between productivity and quality …

The notion of" Quality" in business performance has exploded since the publication of the
first edition of this classic text in 1989. Today there is a plethora of performance improvement …

Written in clear, straightforward language, Just-in-Time Manufacturing: An introduction
discusses in-depth the implementation of JIT manufacturing. The objectives are twofold …

Total quality management is often presented as a new and coherentphilosophy of
organization and management which looks holistically atorganizations. Yet there would …

'Oakland on the New Quality Management'shows managers how to implement a Total
Quality Management strategy throughout all activities and thereby achieve top quality …

Drawing on primary and secondary sources the authors argue that the JIT/TQM
manufacturing system intensifies work as a result of increased surveillance and monitoring …

Much management accounting research has focused on the provision of periodic,
aggregated financial information to managers for planning and control. Recently, many firms …

Key findings are provided from NCHRP Study 2-21, which examined how urban traffic
congestion imposes economic costs within metropolitan areas. Specifically, the study …

From the Foreword of the First Edition of Integral Logistics Management: Operations and
Supply Chain Management Within and Across Companies:" Changes in the world outside …

Mexico has a free trade agreement with the United States of America (USA) and Canada
which was signed in 1988. This agreement created the conditions for establishing many …