Flexibility Versus Efficiency? A Case Study of Model Changeovers in the Toyota Production System

This article seeks to reconceptualize the relationship between flexibility and efficiency. Much organization theory argues that efficiency requires bureaucracy, that bureaucracy impedes flexibility, and that organizations therefore confront a tradeoff between efficiency and flexibility. Some researc...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Organization science (Providence, R.I.) R.I.), 1999-01, Vol.10 (1), p.43-68
Hauptverfasser:	Adler, Paul S, Goldoftas, Barbara, Levine, David I
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adjustment ambidexterity Automobile production Automobiles Best practice Bureaucracy Case studies Costs Design engineering Economic efficiency Efficiency Employment Ergonomics Factories Flexibility Industrial design Interval partitions Management science Manufacturing Manufacturing engineering metaroutines Operations management Organization theory Organizational structure partitioning Product design Product lines Product mixes Production planning Production standards Production systems Productivity Research methodology routines Studies switching Technical efficiency Tradeoffs trust
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