A manager's guide to productivity, quality circles, and industrial robots /
Harry Katzan Jr.
- New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, Inc., c1985
- vii, 136 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Productivity Concepts -- 2. Quality Concepts -- 3. Quality Circle Principles -- 4. Quality Circle Methods -- 5. Strategic Planning for Quality Circles -- 6. Robot Principles -- 7. Advance Topics in Robotics.
Japanese business is in the news these days, because of its high productivity. This success is largely the result of two important factors: quality control and industrial robotics. Although Japanese culture and management style are unique, the underlying technology is not.