Nissan Quality http://www.thetimes100.co.uk/case_study.php?cID=64&csID=124 Overview: a case study on Nissan highlighting many of the issues of lean production. Learning Objectives to analyse the reasons behind Nissan’s high levels of productivity to understand the meaning of Total Quality Management to understand the importance of Kaizen to analyse the benefits of just-in-time. Planning for quality and productivity Introduction: (9 minutes) Overview of the lesson: to look at Nissan and examine
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Volume 5• Number 1 • January - June 2012 ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE‚ INTEGRATION‚ AND MANUFACTURING PERFORMANCE: A CONCEPTUAL MODEL AND PROPOSITIONS Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos rafaelte@unisinos.br Rafael Teixeira Xenophon Koufteros Texas A&M University xkoufteros@mays.tamu.edu Xiaosong David Peng Texas A&M University xpeng@mays.tamu.edu ABST R AC T: One major characteristic of studies in operations and supply chain management literature is a focus on how integration can
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the Meiji restoration was the beginning of modernisation in Japan. Japan moved from a traditional to a modern state or from a confucian world view to a secular‚ modern‚ scientific and rationale world view. The Meiji government used the ancient Chinese ideal of enriching the country at the same time strengthening the military to secure a place among the aggressors instead of being a victim of aggression. The economic development of Japan was modernised using western ideologies‚ and this occurred
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Target Costing: Nissan v. Olympus Overview: Nissan Motor Company was the world’s 4th largest automobile manufacturer in 1990. They had 10% of the market for cars and trucks‚ with roughly 2 million passenger cars being produced each year. To increase its market share‚ Nissan implemented a plan to achieve domestic sales of 1.5 million cars by 1992. It also sought to obtain the number one rating in customer satisfaction. The company tried to develop a plan to produce a line of automobiles that
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Why did Japan ’s economy boost in the 1980s? The boost of the Japanese economy in the 1980s is like most complicated historical events‚ it cannot be reduced to a single cause or reason. Indeed‚ several factors played major roles in this economical enhancement‚ including good government decisions‚ the foundation of a new education system‚ external factors such as the American occupation and the American donations after the Second World War. Lastly‚ the people’s recognition of the role they had to
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1. Where is your country located? Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean 2. What ’s its capital city or cities? The capital of Japan is Tokyo 3. Who is its President/Queen/King/Prime Minister? The Prime Minister of Japan is the head of government of Japan. He is Shinzō Abe. 4. What ’s its GDP? The economy of Japan is the third largest in the world by nominal GDP‚ the fourth largest by Purchasing Power Parity and is the world ’s second largest developed
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substantial craft production in both rural and urban areas of the country prior to industrialization. The major component of the industrialization of Japan in the 19th century was domestic investment in industry and infrastructure‚ mainly by the private sector‚ which means that the Japanese growth was investment-led‚ not export-led. Furthermore‚ Japan had been closed to the outside world for several hundred years‚ during which it was able to develop road networks‚ rice cultivation‚ craft production
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Democracy clearly failed in Japan. The limitation of the Diet due to the veto powers the Japanese Emperor had‚ the corruption within the democratic leaders soiling the name of Democracy‚ the failure of the Democratic leaders and further on… Maybe these were some of the reasons why democracy had looked like a very poor system to a common Japanese man. Due to their failure to solve the problems of the farmers and workers‚ the Democratic Government was not supported by the people. Furthermore‚ the economic
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History of Japan Ancient mythology holds that Japan’s history is tied to the sun goddess‚ called Amterasu. Legend has it that Amaterasu sent one of her descendants to unify people on the island of Kyushu. At the core of this unification was Shintoism a religion that is native to Japan. In the 6th century Buddhism‚ was introduced to Japan by the virtue of China and Korea. In the early 7th century Prince Regent Shotku‚ an adherent of Buddhism and a highly regarded figure to this day in Japan‚ carried
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Japan : The Fall of the Shogunate Reshma Menon Japan has a very rich and a unique history‚ making it stand out among the rest of the civilization. While they became more refined‚ Japan still hold to its military roots‚ which can be seen from the formation of the Shogunate.The Shogun is the military commander and has way more power than the Emperor‚ who became just a figurehead.This paper 1 postulates the demise of the Shogun bakufu was brought about three distinct factors
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