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Managing for Quality in the US and in Japan

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  • Barbara B. Flynn

    (Management Department, College of Business Administration, 300 Carver Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011)

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What are the Japanese doing that causes so many of their products to be of extremely high quality? Is their ability to produce high-quality items a cultural phenomenon or can it be imported to the US? This survey of the current literature on managing for quality begins with a historic overview and examines Japanese quality practices. These concepts have been extended to present-day management, information flows, product design, purchasing, and manufacturing in both Japan and the United States. They form an integrated approach to using manufacturing to attain a competitive advantage, an approach that uses quality management as an important component and emphasizes the linkages among components and functions within an organization.

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  • Barbara B. Flynn, 1992. "Managing for Quality in the US and in Japan," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 22(5), pages 69-80, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:orinte:v:22:y:1992:i:5:p:69-80
    DOI: 10.1287/inte.22.5.69
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    1. Callen, Jeffrey L. & Fader, Chris & Krinsky, Itzhak, 2000. "Just-in-time: A cross-sectional plant analysis," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 63(3), pages 277-301, January.

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