Product Variety and Manufacturing Performance: Evidence from the International Automotive Assembly Plant Study

This paper examines the effect of product variety on manufacturing performance, defined here as total labor productivity and consumer-perceived product quality. Using data from the International Motor Vehicle Program (M.I.T.) study of 70 assembly plants worldwide, the paper examines three dimensions...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Management science 1996-03, Vol.42 (3), p.350-369
Hauptverfasser:	MacDuffie, John Paul, Sethuraman, Kannan, Fisher, Marshall L
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Applied sciences Assembly lines Automatic control Automobile industry Automobile production Automobiles automotive assembly Capital costs Exact sciences and technology Factories Flexible manufacturing systems flexible production Inventory control, production control. Distribution Labor productivity Lean production Management science Manufactured products Manufacturing mass production Operational research and scientific management Operational research. Management science product complexity Product management Product quality Product variety Productivity Regression analysis Statistical significance Studies
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