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"Faster, better, cheaper" in the history of manufacturing : from the Stone Age to lean manufacturing and beyond / Christoph Roser.
Author
Roser, Christoph
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Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
1 Edition.
Published/Created
Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2017]
©2017
Description
1 online resource (xxi, 411 pages)
Availability
Available Online
Online Content
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Taylor & Francis eBooks Complete
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Subject(s)
Manufacturing processes
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History
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Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 27, 2017).
Contents
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Preface : my grandparents workshop
Failure and success in manufacturing : the GM-Toyota NUMMI joint venture
The age of the artisan
The stone age
The urban revolution : the emergence of society
Advances during antiquity
The middle-ages in Europe
The industrial revolution : manufacturing gets mechanized
Early modern Europe
Pioneers of a new age : the factory system
Fire is stronger than blood and water : steam power
Interchangeable parts : the end of filing in assembly
Social conflict
Modern times : mass production for the masses
Technological advances
Science meets shop floor
The assembly line and the era of the industrial empires
Centrally planned economies : war, communism and other catastrophes
*click* let-me-do-this-for-you *clack* : computers in manufacturing
The Toyota production system and lean manufacturing
The cutting edge
Where are we now?
Things to come
Appendix
Timelines
Bibliography
Index
About the author.
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ISBN
9781315350912 ((electronic bk.))
1315350912 ((electronic bk.))
9781498756310
149875631X
OCLC
960209706
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Faster, better, cheaper in the history of manufacturing : from the Stone Age to lean manufacturing and beyond / Christoph Roser.
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"Faster, better, cheaper" in the history of manufacturing : from the Stone Age to lean manufacturing and beyond / Christoph Roser.
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