 
High Performance Manufacturing: Global Perspectives
ISBN: 978-0-471-00870-5
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Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Part I: Setting the Stage.
Chapter 1: High Performance Manufacturing: Just Another Fad?
Chapter 2: Paths of Improvement in Plant Operations.
Chapter 3: Linking Practices to Plant Performance.
Part II: Specific HPM Practices.
Chapter 4: Manufacturing Strategy: Building Capability for Dynamic Markets.
Chapter 5: Human Resource Management Practices.
Chapter 6: Competitive Product and Process Technology.
Chapter 7: Information Technologies for High-Performing Processes.
Chapter 8: JIT Manufacturing: Development of Infrastructure Linkages.
Chapter 9: Quality: Foundation for High Performance Manufacturing.
Part III: High Performance Manufacturing by Country.
Chapter 10: U.S. Manufacturing Renewal.
Chapter 11: Japanese Manufacturing Organizations: Are They Still Competitive?
Chapter 12: From Complacency to Competence: Lessons from the United Kingdom.
Chapter 13: Manufacturing in Italy: Competing in a Different Way.
Chapter 14: Germany: Pursuing the Technology Path.
Part IV: Conclusions.
Chapter 15: Conclusions and the Way Forward.
Appendix.
Index.
