Continuous progressive improvement: new industrial strategy and culture
by R. Bertodo
International Journal of Vehicle Design (IJVD), Vol. 14, No. 4, 1993

Abstract: Automotive manufacturing is both the largest industrial activity in the world and the arbiter of social values, management trends and work ethics. Its experience has a direct impact on the morals of all other businesses. Throughout the past decade, Western car companies have striven to contain aggressive Japanese activities, with limited success. The present paper outlines a long-term programme, initiated in 1979, aimed at blending Western and Japanese activities and methods so as to forge a new competitive dimension. Application of this approach is described. The difficulties encountered and results obtained are enumerated, and future progress is signposted.

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