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"Faster, better, cheaper" in the history of manufacturing : from the Stone Age to lean manufacturing and beyond / Christoph Roser.

By: Publisher: Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2016Edition: 1 EditionDescription: pages cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781498756303
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 670 23
LOC classification:
  • TS183 .R68 2016
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks TS183 .R68 2016 1 Available 33039001400992

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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