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General Motors with Lean Manufacturing An Introduction of GM Global Manufacturing System Operations Management Team Project Contributed by We Make A+ (sort by number): 유형근 - 2009 050 444 오슬기 - 2010 049 712 손무화 - 2010 054 149 주시건 - 2010 059 605 김학운 - 9125 620 120 Division of Business Administration, Hanyang Univ. ERICA Ansan, December 2012 Contents Part 1.Overview of General Motors 2 1.1 Why General Motors? 2 1.2 Introduction of General Motors 3 1.3 Basic Information

General Motors, a once supposable untouchable force, was immediately a leader in the field of automobile manufacturing upon its establishment in 1908. Its focus on motorised transportation saw its rapid success and accession through the acquisition of many companies with the mission statement of “a car for every purse and purpose”, making it a super power within the motorised industry. However, due to a number of internal and external problems within the business, General Motors began to quickly

1st Formal, Assessed, Essay Topic: Scientific Management was the product of 19th Century industrial practices and has no relevance to the present day. Discuss. “In the past the man has been first; in the future the system must be first” said Frederick Winslow Taylor, creator of a new management theory: Scientific management or Taylorism. It emerged in the end of the 19th century in the industrial context and was experimented and then applied in plants. This organisation of the workflow

According to consultant and entrepreneur Dave Gray “Connected companies have the advantage in today’s connected world, because they learn and move faster than their competitors”. Watch the presentation on key principles and critically discuss the challenges and benefits for company culture and employee motivation to accommodate this type of structure. Refer to examples of existing companies using this structure and relevant theory. There has been a change in company culture since the 1930’s due to

Lean Production and Its Effect on Workplace Health and Safety Juan Alejo University of Houston-Clear Lake   Lean Production and Its Effect on Workplace Health and Safety Lean production, or lean manufacturing, is a philosophy adopted in the Japanese manufacturing industry to help the automobile industry improve its processes. Today, lean production has enlarged in many different repetitive manufacturing industries and other organizations (de Treville & Antonakis, 2006). For example, lean production

Software Testing and Quality Assurance Theory and Practice Chapter 1 Basic Concepts and Preliminaries Software Testing and QA Theory and Practice (Chapter 1: Basic Concepts and Preliminaries) © Naik & Tripathy 1 Outline of the Chapter • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • The Quality Revolution Software Quality Role of Testing Verification and Validation Failure, Error, Fault and Defect The Notion of Software Reliability The Objectives of Testing What is a Test Case

Introduction Spigen Korea Company, Ltd. is a well-known, trusted name in the mobile accessories market. They manufacture and sell products like cell phone and tablet cases, protector screens, automotive accessories and backpacks. The company formed in 2004 and sells the majority of its merchandise through its company website and Amazon.com. All products are manufactured in Seoul, South Korea. Spigen maintains a huge social media presence. In addition, their products are popular topics for YouTube

Lean is an approach that can be used in every organization to increase customer satisfaction, decrease costs, improve quality, and increase the output, by eliminating waste and creating value (Manos & Vincent, 2012, p.1). According to (Manos & Vincent, 2012, p.2) “people are the most critical element of lean production.” People are the soul and the heart of every organization. They are greatest asset and the organizations cannot achieve the goals without their efforts. The success or failure of

Literature Review: the need of integrating of Lean and Six Sigma to improve continuous improvement methodology. Donavan Felkers 9758274 April 2016 Abstract I selected Lean Management as the field of research because continuous improvement programs are interesting to me. More specifically I chose to study the characteristics of Lean Six Sigma, a combination of two popular process improvement methodologies. What companies have found out is that their results are much greater using the Lean Six

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