Flexible, integrated operations: The new Japanese challenge
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
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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