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Transforming Automobile Assembly

Experience in Automation and Work Organization

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  • © 1997

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Editors:
  1. Koichi Shimokawa

    1. Faculty of Business, Hosei University, Tokyo, Japan

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  2. Ulrich Jürgens

    1. Abt. Regulierung von Arbeit, WZB Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Berlin, Germany

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  3. Takahiro Fujimoto

    1. Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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Table of contents (28 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • T. Fujimoto, U. Jürgens, K. Shimokawa
      Pages 1-16

  4. Diversity of Approaches

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-71
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    2. Present State and Future Vision of Vehicle Assembly Automation in Mitsubishi Motors Corporation

      • Y. Mishima
      Pages 73-81

    3. Development of a new Vehicle Assembly Line at Toyota: Worker-oriented, Autonomous,new Assembly System

      • A. Niimi, Y. Matsudaira
      Pages 82-93

    4. Modular Assembly in Mixed-Model Production at Mazda

      • H. Kinutani
      Pages 94-108

    5. Production of the NSX at Honda: An Alternative Direction for Assembly Organization

      • K. Tanase, T. Matsuo, K. Shimokawa
      Pages 109-120

    6. The Development of an Intelligent Body Assembly System

      • T. Naitoh, K. Yamamoto, Y. Kodama, S. Honda
      Pages 121-132

    7. The Opel Production System

      • P. Enderle
      Pages 133-145

    8. Platform and Modular Concepts at Volkswagen — Their Effects on the Assembly Process

      • B. Wilhelm
      Pages 146-156

    9. Automation at Renault: Strategy and Form

      • F. Decoster, M. Freyssenet
      Pages 157-166

    10. Building Capabilities in Assembly Automation: Fiat’s Experiences from Robogate to the Melfi Plant

      • A. Camuffo, G. Volpato
      Pages 167-188

    11. The Development of a Reflective Production System Layout at Volvo’s Uddevalla Car Assembly Plant

      • K. Ellegård
      Pages 189-208

  5. Issues and Dynamics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 209-209
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    2. Strategies for Assembly Automation in the Automobile Industry

      • T. Fujimoto
      Pages 211-237
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Five years after the publication of MITs lean production book practitioners and academics from Japan, USA and Europe present new concepts, findings and conclusions in regard to one of the most critical areas of automobile production. The focus of the book is to explore automation and work organization for the final assembly operations in the world automobile industry. The authors are company practitioners in charge of planning assembly operations and academic researchers drawing from recent empirical work. Thus, the book presents a multi-facetted view on a development of critical importance for future development of the industry. The book is rich with figures, fotos, tables, thus making the text vivid, easy to understand and illustrative.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Business, Hosei University, Tokyo, Japan

    Koichi Shimokawa

  • Abt. Regulierung von Arbeit, WZB Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Berlin, Germany

    Ulrich Jürgens

  • Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Takahiro Fujimoto

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