Beginning of BusinessFord's Inspiration: The Steam-Powered Road EngineClocks: The Inspiration for the Synchronized Moving Assembly LineHorses as a Wasteful Source of TransportationFord on Nyet Engineers and Other Wet BlanketsHow Reciprocating Motion Eliminates WasteMaterial Selection in Design...

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1. Verfasser:	Levinson, William A. 1957- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Bosa Roca Productivity Press 2016
Schlagworte:	Ford Motor Company Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 Industrialists > United States > Biography Motor vehicle industry > United States > Biography
Online-Zugang:	HWR01
Zusammenfassung:	Beginning of BusinessFord's Inspiration: The Steam-Powered Road EngineClocks: The Inspiration for the Synchronized Moving Assembly LineHorses as a Wasteful Source of TransportationFord on Nyet Engineers and Other Wet BlanketsHow Reciprocating Motion Eliminates WasteMaterial Selection in Design for ManufacturingWhat I Learned about BusinessOvercome Paradigms to Achieve ResultsCustomer Satisfaction Is a Key Selling PointStocks and Bonds Are Dangerous Business Illusions     Pay Attention to the Work, and Money Will Take Care of ItselfThe Role of Reliability in Customer SatisfactionContinuous Improvement (Kaizen)     Overcome Ingrained Habits to Achieve Continuous Improvement     Preconceived Ideas and Paradigms Are Obstacles to Success     Reduce Costs and Improve Quality to Expand a MarketA Cost Accounting System Is Not a Suicide Pact     Managerial or Engineering EconomicsStarting the Real BusinessCharge the Lowest Price Possible, and Not What the Market Will BearFord and Auto RacingRole of Supply Chain Management     Transportation Is a Major Source of WasteRecognition of Customer Requirements     Quality and Reliability Are Key Selling Points     Do Not Add Unnecessary MiddlemenSecret of Manufacturing and ServingMaterial Selection and Design for Reliability (DFR)Standardization Holds Down CostsWork for Continuous Cost Reduction     Improve the Productivity of the Individual Worker     The Importance of ReliabilityGetting into ProductionThe Birth of the Assembly Line     Basic Job Design Principles     Subdivision of Labor     Ergonomics and the Adjustable Height Skillet     How to Run a Balanced Factory at (Almost) 100% CapacityThe Introduction of Cellular ManufacturingIgnore the Nyet EngineersKeep the Work in Continuous Motion, Avoid Batch OperationsSubdivide the Job to Eliminate Waste MotionAutomate Jobs and Reduce Material Transfer DistancesFord's Keynotes of ProductionMachines and MenBreak Down Organizational Barriers     Authority Is Not Leadership     The Law of the SituationFord's Hiring PracticesDo Not Allow the Cost Accounting System to Run the FactoryFrontline Workers Are the Best Guardians against Waste (Muda)     Visual Controls and Error-ProofingTerror of the MachineCharacteristics of the Ideal Industrial LeaderRepetitive Motion Injury and Job RotationEmployment of Disabled WorkersRules and Regulations     Skills InventoryReduce Material Transportation DistancesKey Safety PrinciplesWagesCapital and Labor Are Partners, Not AdversariesThe Business Must Create the WagesLow Wages Stem from WasteThe Role of Wages in National ProsperityThe Five Dollar Work DayWhy Not Always Have Good Business?Seasonal IndustriesEconomic DepressionsWage Cuts: Proof of Managerial Incompetence     Opportunity Cost of Not Doing BusinessWhat Is the "Industrial Idea"?How Cheaply Can Things Be Made? Speculation and BubblesHow to Achieve Zero InventoryBenchmarkingUse Lower Prices to Drive Lower CostsFancy Office Buildings Are Evidence of WasteStandardization and Cost ReductionMaintainability and Reliability as Selling PointsIdentify and Eliminate WasteFind a Use for EverythingHow to Lose the LudditesTake Profits Out of Waste, Not Employees or CustomersMoney and GoodsFinance Begins in the Shop and Not the Bank     Borrowing (and Government Subsidies) Cannot Cure Bad BusinessBeware of ComplacencyDysfunctional Effects of a Focus on DividendsWages Come before Dividends     Waste Includes the Cost of Idleness     Inventory: "Everything Has to Move In and Move Out"Money: Master or Servant?"Housecleaning" Does Not Mean LayoffsTransportation and Cycle TimeBorrowing Cures the Symptoms But Not the DiseaseThe Role of the National Financial System     Finance Should Serve Industry     Money Is Not WealthWhy Be Poor?Put the Job First and Money SecondWaste Is the Primary Barrier to Production and ServiceHoarding as a Form of WasteSeasonal Work and Cyclical IndustriesThe Obsolescence of the CityThe Role of Energy in Wealth CreationThe Proper Role of CapitalTractor and Power FarmingThe Mechanization of AgricultureWasteful Transportation in AgricultureWhy Charity?Industry Can Make Charity UnnecessaryIndustry Removes the Need for CharityThe Henry Ford Trade SchoolThe Henry and Clara Ford HospitalNo Free LunchThe Role of Self-RelianceRailroadsHow Ford Turned DT&I Around     A Lesson in Waste Recognition     Avoid Wasteful TransportationThings in GeneralManufacturing an End to WarThe Danger of PropagandaEducation Must Be PracticalDemocracy and IndustryThe Fallacies of Class WarfareLabor Unrest and Strikes Should Be Unnecessary     Productivity Creates High-Wage Jobs     Strikes Always Fail     The Employer's Duty to Address Root Causes of Labor Dissatisfaction     Sloganeering Is Not LeadershipThe Employer and the Mandate of Heaven     GroupthinkThe Right Leader Is the One Who Can Do the JobWhat We May ExpectProsperity Should Be within Everybody's Reach     Focus on Service, and Profits Will Take Care of Themselves     A Restatement of Ford's Basic PrinciplesLook for Multiple Product UsesThe Role of the Individual in the Advancement of IndustryStandardization as the Servant and Not the MasterThe Need for Sustainable ManufacturingConclusionReferencesIndex
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ISBN:	9781466557727