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Volume 8, Issue 2
1 April 1987
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Review Article| April 01 1987

HOW TO STREAMLINE OPERATIONS Available to Purchase

Raymond G. Ernst
Raymond G. Ernst
Manager of Integrated Manufacturing Consulting Services, McDonnell Douglas Manufacturing and Engineering Systems Company, St. Louis, Missouri
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 2052-1197
Print ISSN: 0275-6668
© MCB UP Limited
1987
Journal of Business Strategy (1987) 8 (2): 32–36.
https://doi.org/10.1108/eb039197

Two giants, IBM and Xerox, were faced with a profile of aging products, high production costs, and stiff world competition. This article shows how they streamlined their manufacturing process and repositioned their products.

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1987
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