Managing product variety: a comparative study in the automotive industry
Managing product variety: a comparative study in the automotive industry

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Published: 2004

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Apesar do avanço das discussões sobre variedade de produtos e de seuimpacto na complexidade em sistemas de produção, pouco se sabe sobre como ogerenciamento dessa variedade difere entre os mercados emergentes eestabelecidos. Esta dissertação visa preencher esta lacuna por meio da comparaçãoentre (1) a variedade de produto oferecida pelas indústrias automobilísticas noBrasil e na Europa e (2) entre as estratégias utilizadas pelas montadoras de cadaum destes mercados para mitigar os efeitos adversos da variedade de produto. Aanálise exploratória utiliza dados secundários obtidos na literatura e emmontadoras da indústria automobilística e dados primários coletados por meio deentrevistas com gerentes destas empresas. A amostra de veículos considerados naanálise representa 62% e 95% dos mercados europeu e brasileiro, respectivamente. Apesar de diversas semelhanças entre as duas indústrias, osresultados da pesquisa apontam para diferenças significativas na variedade deproduto oferecida em ambos os mercados e nas estratégias de mitigação adotadas, apresentando assim indícios de que a realidade automobilística brasileira não podeser considerada como uma continuação da realidade européia, merecendo assimestudos próprios.

Product Variety in Automotive Industry
Product Variety in Automotive Industry

Author: Marco Guerzoni

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-10-02

Total Pages: 69

ISBN-13: 3319019074

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This book is about the history of product variety in the US automotive industry from the black Ford-T to hot-rodders and easy-riders up to latest trends. It focuses on the dual structure of automotive industry in the United States: on one hand, relatively few and large companies producing cars that apparently achieve a degree of market power through product differentiation, and on the other hand, a relatively small niche market with distinct and smaller producers offering specialty equipment to enhance the performance, appearance, and handling of vehicles. The book presents novel results from an in-depth study with implications for both economic theory and the management of product variety.​

Coping with Variety
Coping with Variety

Author: Yannick Lung

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-08-14

Total Pages: 434

ISBN-13: 0429839928

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First published in 1999, this book explores pint points, compares and dates the development of product differentiation and variety. This book also analyses’ how firms have embraced a variety of ways of efficiently managing this verity though production, the design of the product as well as in the relations with the suppliers and distributors.

Product Variety Management
Product Variety Management

Author: Teck-Hua Ho

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 247

ISBN-13: 1461555795

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Product proliferation has become a common phenomenon. Most companies now offer hundreds, if not thousands, of stock keeping units (SKUs) in order to compete in the market place. Companies with expanding product and service varieties face with problems of obtaining accurate demand forecasts, controlling production and inventory costs, and providing high quality and good delivery performance for the customers. Marketing managers often advocate widening product lines for increasing revenue and market share. However, the breadth of product line can also decrease the efficiency of manufacturing processes and distribution systems. Thus firms must weigh the benefits of product variety against its cost in order to determine the optimal level of product variety to offer to their customers. Academics and practitioners are interested in several fundamental questions about product variety. For instance, why do companies extend their product lines? Do consumers care about product variety? Will a brand with more variety enjoy higher market share? How should product variety be measured? How can a company exploit its product and process design to deliver a higher level of product variety quickly and cheaply? What should the level of product variety be and what should the price of each of the product variants be? What kind of 'challenges would a company face in offering a high level of product variety and how can these obstacles be overcome? The solutions to these questions span multiple functions and disciplines.

Coping with Variety
Coping with Variety

Author: Taylor & Francis Group

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-12-18

Total Pages: 415

ISBN-13: 9781138313965

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First published in 1999, this book explores pint points, compares and dates the development of product differentiation and variety. This book also analyses' how firms have embraced a variety of ways of efficiently managing this verity though production, the design of the product as well as in the relations with the suppliers and distributors.

After Lean Production
After Lean Production

Author: Thomas A. Kochan

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Published: 2018-09-05

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13: 150173167X

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Nearly every country that produces cars views the automobile industry as strategically important because of its direct economic significance and because it serves as a bellwether for innovation in employment conditions. In this book, industrial relations experts from eleven countries consider the state of the industry worldwide. They are particularly interested in assessing whether the loudly heralded model of lean production initiated by Toyota has become pervasive.The contributors focus on employment practices: the way work is organized, how workers and managers interact, the way worker representatives respond to lean production strategies, and the nature of the adaptation and innovation process itself.

The Comparative Political Economy of Industrial Relations
The Comparative Political Economy of Industrial Relations

Author: Kirsten S. Wever

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 9780913447642

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The distinguished contributors to this volume discuss the global marketplace; labor movements and industrial restructuring; international trends in work organization in the auto industry; linkages between economic development strategies, industrial relations policy and other related topics.

Proceeding of the 24th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management 2018
Proceeding of the 24th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management 2018

Author: George Q. Huang

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2019-01-12

Total Pages: 725

ISBN-13: 9811334021

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This book records the new research findings and development in the field of industrial engineering, and it will serve as the guidebook for the potential development in industrial engineering and smart manufacturing. It gathers the accepted papers from the 24th International conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management held at Central South University of Forestry and Technology in Changsha during May 19-20, 2018. The aim of this conference was to provide a high-level international forum for experts, scholars and entrepreneurs at home and abroad to present the recent advances, new techniques and application, to promote discussion and interaction among academics, researchers and professionals to promote the developments and applications of the related theories and technologies in universities and enterprises, and to establish business or research relations to find global partners for future collaboration in the field of Industrial Engineering. It addresses diverse themes in smart manufacturing, artificial intelligence, ergonomics, simulation and modeling, quality and reliability, logistics engineering, data mining and other related fields. This timely book summarizes and promotes the latest achievements in the field of industrial engineering and related fields over the past year, proposing prospects and vision for the further development.

Transforming Automobile Assembly
Transforming Automobile Assembly

Author: Koichi Shimokawa

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 421

ISBN-13: 3642603742

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For the world's leading car-makers, the early 1990s brought radical changes. The reports published by MIT shocked management in European and American industries. Former major companies had to face consequences no one had expected. The assembly-lines were reorganized in order to achieve higher quality at lower costs. Five years after the MIT report, this book poses the question: What are the results of this revolution in work organization? Scientists and practitioners, many of them involved in earlier reports, evaluate the changes to the automotive industry in Europe and Japan. An insight into recent concepts in automation and the organization of production.