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The past decade has witnessed a rebirth in manufacturing, as companies worldwide have responded to rapidly changing consumer tastes & technologies as well as intensified global competition by pursuing world-class productivity, quality, & flexibility as strategic imperatives. This volume of twenty influential Harvard Business Review articles offers lessons for developing strategic manufacturing capabilities drawn from such companies as Frito-Lay, Toyota, & General Electric. Contributions from important thinkers in the field, including Drucker, Juran, Skinner, & Wheelwright, cover manufacturing strategy, organizational requirements, quality & productivity improvement tools, performance measurements, & investments in new technology.Pisano, Gary P. is the author of 'Manufacturing Renaissance - Gary P. Pisano - Hardcover' with ISBN 9780875846101 and ISBN 0875846106.
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