New Wave Manufacturing Strategies: Organizational and Human Resource Management Dimensions (Human Resource Management series)

Over the past decade, many companies have adopted new strategies for manufacturing, which have taken their competitiveness on to new planes. A whole array of initiatives, such as FMS, JIT, TQM, CIM, and MRP II, have been introduced. This book deals with the far-reaching significance of these new approaches - collectively labelled "new wave manufacturing". Considerable research evidence as well as practitioners’ own experiences make one crucial point time and time again. The organizational as well as the human resource management aspects of these new strategies are critical to their success or failure. The underlying theme which is tackled in this book, therefore, is to what extent do these new operational strategies require a matching set of organizational and HR strategies? By looking at the issues through the joint eyes of production and behavioural analysts, this book provides an unique introduction to the new developments in manufacturing as well as providing an up-to-date assessment of the organizational and H R dimensions to these methods. New Wave Manufacturing Strategies has a vision which goes beyond the "new technology"/advanced manufacturing technology discussions. The chapters have been written in a clear, accessible manner by leading experts from Europe, the USA and Australia as well as from the UK.

Over the past decade, many companies have adopted new strategies for manufacturing, which have taken their competitiveness on to new planes. A whole array of initiatives, such as FMS, JIT, TQM, CIM, and MRP II, have been introduced. This book deals with the far-reaching significance of these new approaches - collectively labelled new wave manufacturing .

Considerable research evidence as well as practitioners’ own experiences make one crucial point time and time again. The organizational as well as the human resource management aspects of these new strategies are critical to their success or failure. The underlying theme which is tackled in this book, therefore, is to what extent do these new operational strategies require a matching set of organizational and HR strategies?

By looking at the issues through the joint eyes of production and behavioural analysts, this book provides an unique introduction to the new developments in manufacturing as well as providing an up-to-date assessment of the organizational and H R dimensions to these methods.

New Wave Manufacturing Strategies has a vision which goes beyond the new technology /advanced manufacturing technology discussions.

The chapters have been written in a clear, accessible manner by leading experts from Europe, the USA and Australia as well as from the UK.

"Over the past decade, many companies have adopted new strategies for manufacturing, which have taken their competitiveness on to new planes. A whole array of initiatives, such as FMS, JIT, TQM, CIM, and MRP II, have been introduced. This book deals with the far-reaching significance of these new approaches - collectively labelled "new wave manufacturing"." "Considerable research evidence as well as practitioners' own experiences make one crucial point time and time again. The organizational as well as the human resource management aspects of these new strategies are critical to their success or failure. The underlying theme which is tackled in this book, therefore, is to what extent do these new operational strategies require a matching set of organizational and HR strategies?" "To answer these questions requires a distinctive approach. By looking at the issues through the joint eyes of production and behavioural analysts, this book provides an unique introduction to the new developments in manufacturing as well as providing an up-to-date assessment of the organizational and HR dimensions to these methods."--Jacket CONTENTS......Page 6 PREFACE......Page 8 ABBREVIATIONS......Page 10 LIST OF FIGURES......Page 12 1 - NEW WAVE MANUFACTURING STRATEGIES: AN INTRODUCTION ......Page 14 2 - THE LINK BETWEEN MANUFACTURING STRATEGY, ORGANIZATION AND TECHNOLOGY......Page 35 3 - THE PROBLEM OF IMPLEMENTING A MANUFACTURING STRATEGY......Page 54 4 - THE DESIGN - MANUFACTURING INTERFACE......Page 76 5 - FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS......Page 93 6 - TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT......Page 116 7 - COMPUTER- INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING: ELEMENTS AND TOTALITY......Page 135 8 - MANUFACTURING RESOURCE PLANNING......Page 164 9 - JUST-IN-TIME MANUFACTURING......Page 188 10 - CELLULAR MANUFACTURE AND THE ROLE OF TEAMS......Page 217 11 - WORKER RESPONSES TO NEW WAVE MANUFACTURING......Page 239 12 - FUTURE PROSPECTS......Page 259 INDEX......Page 266