We recently undertook the largest in-depth evaluation ever of automobile assemblyplants around the world. In the Second Round of the International Assembly Plant Study, wesurveyed 88 automobile assembly plants representing 20 companies and as many nations (see figure 1 for a distribution of...

Honda of America has developed a comprehensive approach to teaching the principles of leanproduction to its suppliers. The centerpiece of these efforts is a program called BP (for "Best process","Best Performance", "Bs Practice"), in which a crossfunctional team of personel born Honda and...

Hon& of America has developed a comprehensive approach to teaching the principles of leanproduction to its suppliers. The centerpiece of these efforts is a program called BP (for ?Best process?,?Best Performance ?, ?Bs Practice?), in which a crossfunctional team of persomel born Honda and...