US auto executives describe five basic lessons they have learned over 10 years of intense competition: (1) technology is only a tool; it should never be viewed as an end in itself; (2) the ultimate success of new technology depends on the workers and managers; (3) constant and thorough employee training must be integral to the design and manufacturing process; (4) companies no longer have time to design cars and then figure out how to build them: product and process must be engineered together; (5) changes should be made in small steps; jumping ahead of the competition with untried processes and technologies is doomed to failure.


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    Title :

    The global automobile-lesson learned: the experts speak out


    Additional title:

    Einfuehrung neuer Technologien im Automobilbau


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    IEEE Spectrum ; 24 , 10 ; 57-60


    Publication date :

    1987


    Size :

    4 Seiten


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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