... and operational management. Initial training Management innovation Lean production system Operational management Human resource management Finding ways to train newly hired blue-collar workers is a challenge for the automotive firms that control many overseas subsidiaries in their global network...

... improvement” (Imai, 1986). Responsiveness Manufacturing Flexibility Design Operational management Manufacturing philosophies that are cost dominated are now considered limited in modern manufacturing environments where the need is to satisfy an ever more discerning customer. It is now...