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Flexible, integrated operations: The new Japanese challenge

William Best (Vice President‐Asia at A.T. Kearney, based in Hong Kong.)

Planning Review

ISSN: 0094-064X

Article publication date: 1 May 1993

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Abstract

Many Japanese companies are experiencing declines in profitability because of a labor shortage, rising interest rates, Japan's aging population and the restraints of the social contract of life‐time employment. In response, they are moving to a new phase of competition beyond quality and just‐in‐time manufacturing, developing process reengineering strategies to cope with the recessionary, marketplace and employment changes in the Japanese economy.

Citation

Best, W. (1993), "Flexible, integrated operations: The new Japanese challenge", Planning Review, Vol. 21 No. 5, pp. 49-50. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb054440

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MCB UP Ltd

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