Management Quality and Competitiveness Lessons from the Industrial Excellence Award

This book showcases examples of excellent manufacturing companies who have succeeded in creating value and job growth in Western Europe. The examples show managers of industrial firms how a clearly articulated strategic position can be combined with excellent execution to achieve competitiveness in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Loch, Christoph H., Chick, Stephen (Author), Huchzermeier, Arnd (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2008, 2008
Edition:1st ed. 2008
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • The Challenge
  • Management Quality and Strategic Positioning
  • Management Quality, Innovation, and Services
  • Rational: Innovation and Game-Changing Products
  • Imaje: From Products to Services Through Innovation
  • BuS: “We Do What No One Else Does”
  • Networked Strategy
  • VARTA Microbattery: Producing at the Right Place
  • Hewlett Packard Herrenberg: Partnership Solutions
  • Fujitsu Siemens Computers: Outsourcing and Supply Chain Mastery
  • RDME: Re-Importing Jobs from Brazil
  • What Does this Mean? Implications of the Industrial Excellence Examples
  • Offshoring and Jobs: Zyme, Dyson, and Some General Lessons
  • Accountability for Competitiveness, Collaboration for Jobs