[PDF] An Empirical Study Of The Japanese Approach To Quality Management And Its Impact On Product Quality In Us Manufacturing Firms eBook

Author : N. Sasaki
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 23,6 MB
Release : 2014-06-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1483297683

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An examination of the impact of quality control circles as developed in Japan on Western business and industry. The thirteen papers in this collection are written by Japanese and Western business practitioners. The Western authors describe QC application in major concerns including Rolls-Royce, Hughes Aircraft and Wedgwood Pottery.

Author : Hale Kaynak
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 10,56 MB
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 113566689X

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This study investigates the relation of total quality management (TQM) and just-in-time purchasing (JITP) with respect to firms' performance, based on theories from operations management, organization theory, strategic management and marketing. U.S. companies have implemented TQM and JITP techniques to improve their global competitive position. The lack of empirical research on how these techniques effect firms performance makes it necessary to explain their strategic values as management innovations. In this study, a cross-sectional mail survey was used with the target population of firms in the continental United States that have implemented either technique, or both. The results indicate that the extent of TQM and JITP implementation positively correlates with a firm's performance. Furthermore, the relation between JITP and financial and market performance is more significant in those industries that face high as opposed to low foreign competition. In this study, the validity of findings was assessed in four parts: statistical conclusion, internal, construct, and external validity. Each validity type is defined and its threats are discussed. Based on the findings, a revised research model is offered. The author also notes likely avenues of future research for theorists and practitioners.

Author :
Publisher :
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 15,14 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Dissertations, Academic
ISBN :

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Abstracts of dissertations available on microfilm or as xerographic reproductions.

Author : National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Analysis of Research Directions and Needs in U.S. Manufacturing
Publisher :
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 37,43 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :

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Annotation An analysis of new research directions that will lead to higher standards of product quality, responsiveness to customers, and process flexibility. a panel of experts from industry and academia evaluates current barriers to US competitiveness and examines how to improve flexibility, build up the technology base, and update performance measures. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

Author : Kakuro Amasaka
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 48,38 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 4431539697

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The book explains the systematic structure and practical use of the new SQC application that systematically and organizationally enhances the corporate management key for the 21st century. Departing from the conventional statistical application of SQC, this book explains the SQC application for scientific problem solving and its structural framework in which SQC is utilized for discovering the cause and effect relation from the gap between a theory and the actual, eliciting a new fact and finding, and establishing a general solution that contributes to development of innovative technology. It also reports case studies in which management technology issues were solved at Toyota Motor Corporation.