| Manufacturing in Transition Contributor(s): Delbridge, Rick (Editor), Lowe, James (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415182727 ISBN-13: 9780415182720 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $66.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1998 Annotation: i Manufacturing in Transition /i makes a genuinely interdisciplinary contribution to the debate over the UK's strategy for industrial renewal. It looks at the current state of the British manufacturing sector within the global economy and asks whether manufacturing matters in the twenty-first century. The book explores key issues such as: the chances of renewal; developments in the management and organization of operations and supply chains; and the differences made by Japanese methods. This is a timely assessment of the UK's industrial development and makes a major contribution to debates over the industrial strategy and the position of manufacturing within industrialized economies. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economics - Theory - Business & Economics | Industries - General |
| Dewey: 338.476 |
| LCCN: 97-51636 |
| Series: And Business Studies; 7 |
| Physical Information: 0.59" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.87 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The future of British manufacturing is of immense importance and topicality. As we slide towards a service sector economy based on finance and tourism, it is worth reflecting on whether this is the most appropriate or inevitable scenario. Manufacturing in Transition makes a genuinely interdisciplinary contribution to the debate over the UK's strategy for industrial renewal. Aimed primarily at business, economics and industrial relations students, it looks at the current state of British manufacturing sector within the global economy and asks whether manufacturing matters in the twenty first century. The books explores key issues such as: the chances of renewal * developments in the management and organisation of operations and supply chains * the differences made by Japanese methods This is a timely assessment of the UK's industrial development and makes a major contribution to debates over the industrial strategy and the position of manufacturing within industrialized economies. |