One way to help achieve lean production systems is to employ flexible automated manufacturing equipment and automated

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One way to help achieve lean production systems is to employ flexible automated manufacturing equipment and automated material handling systems. A natural result of such a move is that fewer people are required in the process, an issue addressed regularly in negotiations with labor unions. Do you think there is a conflict between such a move and the principle of Respect for People in the Toyota Production System?

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

ISBN: 978-1259666100

15th edition

Authors: F. Robert Jacobs, Richard B Chase

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