Showcases the performance of non-manufacturing industries or service industries in contemporary Japan. This book covers three fields: Advanced Service Management in the Service industries; Advanced Service Management in the Public and Non-Profit Organizations; and, General Concepts and Techniques Applied to the Service Management.
Showcases the performance of non-manufacturing industries or service industries in contemporary Japan. This book covers three fields: Advanced Service...
This book focuses on various business practices to manage ailing companies during economic depression or in the aftermath of man-made and natural disasters. The methods implemented by various Japanese enterprises, such as Japan Air Line, Tokyo Electricity Company, Nissan and Toyota, to overcome their challenges are elaborated in this book. The scope of the book covers: restructuring under government financial support; private turnaround management of huge conglomerates; reorganization of business domains; accounting for risk management, and robust supply chain management in the aftermath of...
This book focuses on various business practices to manage ailing companies during economic depression or in the aftermath of man-made and natural disa...
This book is the first among many books in supply chain management, which provides the readers with insights on how to select the best global supply chain out of inter-firm network, fables system or market firms. This process is clearly expounded in the book through case studies, which include Apple, Toyota, BMW, IKEA and Taiwan TSMC. The main editor, Prof Yasuhiro Monden, is the founding father of Lean Production Management who published Toyota Production System from IIE in 1983, which is called the classic of Lean System. This book will explain how the global supply chain (GSC) could be...
This book is the first among many books in supply chain management, which provides the readers with insights on how to select the best global supply c...
Traditionally, innovation has been considered difficult to manage, as it occurs through contingent discoveries and inventions. For effective innovation management, it is necessary to determine what provides new value to customers and achieve this new value efficiently, while solving the technical problems. This book explores how innovation management for industrial revitalization and activation are conducted in Japanese companies. 'Innovation' has diverse definitions, but the editors of this book have adopted the one proposed by J A Schumpeter. The features of innovation management in...
Traditionally, innovation has been considered difficult to manage, as it occurs through contingent discoveries and inventions. For effective innova...
In the 1990s, Japanese companies experienced a deflationary recession called the “lost ten years”. To survive the recession, they looked for solutions in the kaikaku (innovative reforms) of business management, organizations and technology, whilst struggling to regain their global competitiveness. Successful companies all had one thing in common — they applied a new project management paradigm which this book refers to as Kaikaku Project Management (KPM).This book provides a comprehensive look at the features of KPM, including its emphasis on creativity and teamwork, its...
In the 1990s, Japanese companies experienced a deflationary recession called the “lost ten years”. To survive the recession, they looked...
Holistic Business Process Management focuses on building business process management (BPM) as a model to address the importance of BPM views, analyze the effectiveness of the approach, and study the research trends in BPM. The book includes case studies o
Holistic Business Process Management focuses on building business process management (BPM) as a model to address the importance of BPM views, analyze ...
