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Taylorism, new technology and just‐in‐time systems in Japanese manufacturing
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This article attempts to examine what is believed to be a significant overall Taylorist influence in Japanese manufacturing as well as a specific manifestation of this phenomenon, namely the unique flow requirements of the generic Toyota system (JIT). The use of unbufferred flow, it is argued, is feasible only with consistent quality, thus making non‐discretionary Taylorist job design a necessary condition.
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- Conti, R. F., & Warner, M.
- Venue
- New Technology, Work and Employment
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1993-03
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 31-42
- ISSN
- 0268-1072
- 1468-005X
- Cited by
- 27
- References
- 0
- Language
- en
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