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" "Faster, better, cheaper" in the history of manufacturing : "
Christoph Roser.
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BL
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644831
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Roser, Christoph
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"Faster, better, cheaper" in the history of manufacturing : : from the Stone Age to lean manufacturing and beyond /\ Christoph Roser.
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xxi, 411 pages ;; 24 cm
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9781498756303
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: 1498756301
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Preface : my grandparents workshop -- Failure and success in manufacturing : the gm-toyota nummi joint venture -- The age of the artisan -- The stone age -- The urban revolution : the emergence of society -- Advances during antiquity -- The middle-ages in europe -- The industrial revolution : manufacturing gets mechanized -- Early modern europe -- Pioneers of a new age : the factory system -- Fire is stronger than blood and water : steam power -- Interchangeable parts : the end of filing in assembly -- Social conflict -- Modern times : mass production for the masses -- Technological advances -- Science meets shop floor -- The assembly line and the era of the industrial empires -- Centrally planned economies : war, communism and other catastrophes -- *click* let-me-do-this-for-you *clack* : computers in manufacturing -- The toyota production system and lean manufacturing -- The cutting edge -- Where are we now? -- Things to come -- Appendix -- Timelines -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author.
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Manufacturing processes-- History.
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TS183.R68 2017
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