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Title Build to order : the road to the 5-day car / Glenn Parry, Andrew Graves, editors
Published London : Springer, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 438 pages) : illustrations, maps
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Summary Visit any modern car production line and you will be faced by a showcase of modern technology and advanced logistics combining in a clinical environment to produce rows of automobiles, each significantly different from the one before and after it. From stamping out the sheet steel body to driving a finished car off the line typically takes under 30 hours. However, if you try and buy a car to your specification you can expect to wait around 55 days, despite production lines frequently running below capacity. Why cana (TM)t you have your car in 30 hours plus delivery time? The challenge of mass
Analysis engineering
verkeer
traffic
economie
economics
industrie
industry
technologie
technology
logistiek
logistics
Engineering (General)
Techniek (algemeen)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
In Springer eBooks
Subject Automobile industry and trade -- Production control
Manufacturing resource planning.
Just-in-time systems.
Engineering.
Industrial engineering.
Management.
engineering.
industrial engineering.
management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Automobile Industry.
Manufacturing resource planning.
Just-in-time systems.
Automobile industry and trade -- Production control.
Ingénierie.
Automobile industry and trade -- Production control
Just-in-time systems
Manufacturing resource planning
Effizienzsteigerung
Fertigungszeit
Kraftfahrzeugindustrie
Mass Customization
Modulbauweise
Produktdifferenzierung
Wertschöpfungskette
Wertschèopfungskette.
Form Electronic book
Author Parry, Glenn.
Graves, Andrew.
LC no. 2008932842
ISBN 9781848002258
1848002254