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: 415

ISBN-13: 0429839936

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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.

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.

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

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages:

ISBN-13:

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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.

Fundamentals of Modern Manufacturing
Fundamentals of Modern Manufacturing

Author: Mikell P. Groover

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2010-01-07

Total Pages: 1027

ISBN-13: 0470467002

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Engineers rely on Groover because of the book’s quantitative and engineering-oriented approach that provides more equations and numerical problem exercises. The fourth edition introduces more modern topics, including new materials, processes and systems. End of chapter problems are also thoroughly revised to make the material more relevant. Several figures have been enhanced to significantly improve the quality of artwork. All of these changes will help engineers better understand the topic and how to apply it in the field.

Operations Management in Automotive Industries
Operations Management in Automotive Industries

Author: Marco Gobetto

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-10-23

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 9400775938

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This book has proved its worth over the years as a text for courses in Production Management at the Faculty of Automotive Engineering in Turin, Italy, but deserves a wider audience as it presents a compendium of basics on Industrial Management, since it covers all major topics required. It treats all subjects from product development and “make or buy”-decision strategies to the manufacturing systems setting and management through analysis of the main resources needed in production and finally exploring the supply chain management and the procurement techniques. The very last chapter recapitulates the previous ones by analysing key management indicators to pursue the value creation that is the real purpose of every industrial enterprise. As an appendix, a specific chapter is dedicated to the basics of production management where all main relevant definitions, techniques and criteria are treated, including some numerical examples, in order to provide an adequate foundation for understanding the other chapters. This book will be of use not only to Automotive Engineering students but a wide range of readers who wish to gain insight in the world of automotive engineering and the automotive industry in general.