| dc.contributor.author | Lieberman, Marvin B. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Demeester, Lieven | |
| dc.contributor.author | Rivas, Ronald | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2002-09-10T18:17:33Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2002-09-10T18:17:33Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2002-09-10T18:17:33Z | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/1638 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper traces the diffusion of “just-in-time” production in the Japanese
automotive sector, as reflected by inventory reductions in a sample of 52 suppliers and
assemblers. We show that most inventory reductions occurred during a remarkable burst
of activity starting in the late 1960s. Companies affiliated with Toyota were the early
adopters but were followed very quickly by others in Japan. By the late 1970s nearly all
of the firms in the sample had made drastic reductions in inventory. Work-in-process and
suppliers’ finished goods fell by nearly two thirds on average. | en |
| dc.description.sponsorship | The International Motor Vehicle Program, the Center for International Business Education and Research, the
UCLA Academic Senate, and the Hoover Institution. | en |
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| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.subject | Inventory | en |
| dc.subject | Just-In-Time Manufacturing | en |
| dc.subject | Auto Industry | en |
| dc.subject | Japan | en |
| dc.subject | Empirical Study | en |
| dc.title | Inventory Reduction in the Japanese Automotive Sector, 1965-1991 | en |
