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Comprehensive handbook on the strategy and implementation of global manufacturing networks
Provides best-practice examples for operational and cost improvements when setting up an optimal manufacturing network
Treats the whole range of management challenges: from the optimal location decision to the ramp-up of new production sites
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
What is the best configuration for a global production network? What are the different dynamics in low-cost vs. high-cost countries? Getting the answers right is key to building a competitive and efficient global production network. Centers of economic activity are shifting profoundly, globally and even regionally. Production is shifting even more dramatically than the economy as a whole, making it critical for decision makers to know what criteria matter most and how to make the right decisions on where to invest. Regardless of the industry involved, an optimized global footprint can translate to a competitive advantage. A comprehensive redesign typically yields a 20 to 40 percent reduction in manufacturing costs. Global production and purchasing operations create a platform for entry into new markets. Planning and implementing a sustainable globalization strategy, however, takes considerable effort; this book is there to help in that task.
The wealth of experience and analysis featured in Global Production is the result of an extensive survey among leading manufacturing companies as well as countless discussions with executives who have personally wrestled with the issues of "going global." In breadth and depth, the insights it offers surpass what a manager or most individual companies could acquire on their own.
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Editors and Affiliations
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Institut für Produktionstechnik und Spanende Werkzeugmaschinen, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
Eberhard Abele
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McKinsey & Company, Singapore, Singapore
Tobias Meyer
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McKinsey & Company, Tokyo, Japan
Ulrich Näher
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McKinsey & Company, Munich, Germany
Gernot Strube
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McKinsey & Company, Chicago, USA
Richard Sykes
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Global Production
Book Subtitle: A Handbook for Strategy and Implementation
Editors: Eberhard Abele, Tobias Meyer, Ulrich Näher, Gernot Strube, Richard Sykes
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-71653-2
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-71652-5Published: 13 December 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-50127-6Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-71653-2Published: 26 January 2008
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 401
Additional Information: Original German edition published by Hanser, Munich, Vienna, 2006
Topics: Operations Management, Industrial and Production Engineering, Management