Revitalizing US Electronics. Lessons from Japan

✍ Scribed by John Sprague (Auth.)

• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Year: 1993
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 261
• Edition: 0
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Written by one of the few executives who have extensive experience in the electronics industry in both the US and Japan, this book compares market research, design, and manufacturing techniques as used in both countries. Unlike other books on the
Japanese business culture, Sprague gives specific advice and recommendations about what companies can do now to compete with Japan, clearly pointing out what is and what is not adaptable from the Japanese approach to business.

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front Matter, Page i
Copyright, Page ii
Dedication, Page vi
Acknowledgments, Page vii
Introduction, Pages ix-x
CHAPTER 1 - Sprague in Japan: Expectations, Realities, and Some Lessons, Pages 1-13
CHAPTER 2 - The History of the Electronics Industry: Myths vs. Facts, Pages 15-36
CHAPTER 3 - The Process, Pages 37-49
CHAPTER 4 - Sources of Competitive Advantage, Pages 51-65
CHAPTER 5 - From Basic Research to Actual Products, Pages 67-90
CHAPTER 6 - The Work Force, Pages 91-114
CHAPTER 7 - Total Company Quality, Pages 115-139
CHAPTER 8 - The Manufacturing Floor, Pages 141-156
CHAPTER 9 - The Marketplace, Pages 157-180
CHAPTER 10 - Government and Capital, Pages 181-195
CHAPTER 11 - Challenges to Japan, Pages 197-214
CHAPTER 12 - Toward the Future, Pages 215-224
CHAPTER 13 - NEWCO, Pages 225-248
EPILOGUE - Sprague Electric Redux, Pages 249-251
Notes and Sources, Pages 253-257
Index, Pages 259-262