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- Kaizen At Fleetwood
- This article highlights a case of RV manufacturer who reinvigorated its process with less-in-more approach. Fleetwood RV's plant was having growing pains. Despite a slow start--the oil embargo kept the plant from opening until 1984, five years after it was built--by 1997 its annual gross sales had reached $110 million...
- Case studies 2003-01-01
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- Honda to Strengthen Production System in Japan
- Tokyo, Japan, Sept 20, 2006 - JCN Newswire - Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced that it will consolidate all motorcycle production in Japan at its Kumamoto Factory to strengthen the plant's global leader function for motorcycle production. The move is being made in response to the evolution of...
- Research articles 2006-09-20
- WTO Agreement On Agriculture: Suitable Model For A Global Food System?
- The question this article tries to address is whether WTO agreement on agriculture is suitable model for a global food system. The Agreement on Agriculture AoA is part of the document founding the World Trade Organization and provides international rules governing agricultural trade and production. It also permits countries some...
- White papers 2002-06-01
- USA: BOEING AWARDED CONTRACT TO BEGIN PRODUCTION OF IIF SPACE VEHICLE.(Brief Article)
- DoD The Boeing Co., Seal Beach, Calif., is being awarded a $156,000,000 cost plus award fee contract modification. This undefinitized contract authorizes the contractor to begin production of the Global Positioning System Block IIF Space Vehicles 1 DoD The Boeing Co., Seal Beach, Calif., is being...
- Research articles 2002-11-07
- Honeywell, Pelorus Navigation Systems Sign Joint Production Agreement For Gps Precision Landing System
- CALGARY, ALBERTA--BUSINESS WIRE--JANUARY 18, 1995--PELORUS NAVIGATION SYS(Alberta Stock Exchange: PN ) Honeywell, Phoenix, Arizona and Pelorus Navigation Systems have signed a teaming agreement calling for joint development and production of a new local-area Differential Global Positioning System DGPS that will revolutionize precision landing capability worldwide. This ground-based landing...
- Research articles 1995-01-18
- USA: HONEYWELL AWARDED CONTRACT TO PURCHASE AH-64 PRODUCTION UNITS AND RECURRING DELTA HARDWARE.
- DoD Honeywell, Inc., Sensor and Guidance Products, Clearwater, Fla. Is being awarded a $6,087,440 contract modification which exercises an option for the Tri-Service Embedded Global Positioning System GPS and Intertial Navigation System INS Emb DoD Honeywell, Inc., Sensor and Guidance Products, Clearwater, Fla. Is being...
- Research articles 2002-06-25
- Honda's Global Local Corporation. (book reviews)
- In this book Andrew Mair seeks to analyze the character of the Honda Corporation as simulataneously a global and local player. Against the background of the failure of the so-called world car strategy, Honda adopted a strategy of transforming its operation into a "global local" company,...
- Research articles 1995-07-01
- Litton awarded contract to begin production of new nav systems for U.S. Navy F A-18, EA-6B aircraft
- WOODLAND HILLS, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 22, 1995--Litton's Guidance & Control Systems division, Woodland Hills, has been selected to equip all of the U.S. Navy's F/A-18 and EA-6B aircraft with a new navigation system that combines the latest laser gyro technology with a precise Global Positioning System GPS receiver in a single,...
- Research articles 1995-02-22
- NovAtel Ships First Production OEMV Receivers
- NovAtel Inc. (NASDAQ: NGPS), a precise positioning technology company, announced that it has begun shipping the first production runs of OEMV receivers - its next generation Global Positioning System GPS product - meeting previously announced delivery commitments. These first shipments include a custom variant to Leica Geosystems, Heerbrugg, Switzerland. Leica's...
- Research articles 2006-04-05
- Rockwell secures first GPS production approval
- Rockwell Collins (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) is the first in the industry to receive security approval for production of the government-mandated selective availability anti-spoofing SAASM module that is required for all future equipment to better secure military global positioning system GPS receivers. SAASM incorporates a nextgeneration precise positioning service PPS security...
- Research articles 2000-06-01
- Revving Up Production
- The $1.5 billion, 3 million-square-foot vehicle manufacturing facility, which will ramp up full production next month, utilizes the latest in GM car-building processes and implements GM's Global Manufacturing System GMS. GMS is designed to allow employees to use their skills as efficiently as possible to build better vehicles within one...
- Research articles 2006-10-01
- JDAM Production Proceeds
- The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., received a $235 million contract for production of Joint Direct Attack Munition kits for the Navy and Air Force. To convert existing warheads into smart bombs, the Navy will receive 672 kits, which include a tail section that contains a mission computer, inertial measurement...
- Research articles 2001-05-01
- Chicken chains crow about online kitchen production, cost benefits
- Although the nation's top two quick-service chicken chains rarely get together to cluck about each other, they recently did so at FS/TEC 2000 here by applauding each other's advancements in restaurant kitchen technology. Executives from Tricon Global Restaurants Inc.'s KFC division and AFC Enterprises' Popeyes Chicken and Biscuits chain...
- Research articles 2000-11-27
- Alcoa announces major cuts for production, personnel.(IN THE NEWS)
- Alcoa has detailed a series of specific actions to conserve cash, reduce costs and strengthen its competitiveness during the current economic downturn. Further smelting reductions of more than 135,000 metric tons per year mtpy will be implemented, resulting in the reduction of total primary...
- Research articles 2009-03-01
- Capgemini's Global Presence Facilitates Alcatel's Implementation of Siebel Sales Force Automation Application
- Alcatel is a world leader in communications networking. Alcatel desired to improve its system for gauging and predicting customer demand by replacing the various forecasting processes of its sales force with a uniform, fully coordinated application that would dictate global production forecasts. This project was called "Galaxy." Through the implementation...
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- Cost-savings aren't the only benefit of Toyota Production System.(Lean Manufacturing)
- During the first 3 months of 2003, Toyota Motor Corp. surpassed Ford Motor Co. as the world's No. 2 automaker, in terms of global unit sales. Ford had ranked second since 1931. During the first 3 months of 2003, Toyota Motor Corp. surpassed Ford...
- Research articles 2004-01-01
- Toyota Enhances Global Corporate Website; Videos Spotlight Toyota Production System and Expo Show
- Tokyo, Japan, June 1, 2006 - JCN Newswire - Toyota Motor Corporation (TSE: 7203; NYSE: TM) announced today new features on the "Toyota Motor Corporation Global Site" intended to open wider the public's window on Toyota and to make the site easier to use.
- Research articles 2006-06-01
- Manufacturers look to ERP for the "granularity" needed for lean, global supply chains.
- By Staff There is consensus that software applications are necessary to support Lean operations, especially for global supply chains. The question surrounds what ERP vendors are doing in response. Says Colin Masson, director of supply chain...
- Research articles 2007-01-01
- Manufacturers look to ERP for the "granularity" needed for lean, global supply chains (Manufacturing Business Technology)
- There is consensus that software applications are necessary to support Lean operations, especially for global supply chains. The question surrounds what ERP vendors are doing in response. Says Colin Masson, director of supply chain operations for Boston-based AMR Research , "Not only are many of...
- Research articles 2007-01-01
- Knowledge Management and Comparative International Strategies on Vertical Information Flow in the Global Food System
- The governance institutions for agri-food markets in western, democratic economies have evolved over the past hundred years to take into consideration the aspects of geographic space, time relating to production cycles, storability, "Windows" of market opportunity, and inspection of the product according to physical characteristics that will ensure that the...
- White papers 2002-12-01
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