Operations Management in Japan: The Efficiency of Japanese Manufacturing

This book provides insights into Japanese production and operations management through the roles and human resource management of Japanese manufacturing engineers. It offers invaluable lessons to management scholars interested in operations management and global supply chains, especially in the context of the Japanese manufacturing industry.

Hiromichi Shibata is Professor Emeritus in the Faculty of Business Administration, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan. His publications include Explaining Productivity Differences: Comparative Analysis of Automotive Plants in Japan, the United States, Thailand, and China from Springer (2016), ＂A Comparison of the Roles and Responsibilities of Manufacturing Engineers in Japan and the United States＂ in the International Journal of Human Resource Management (2009), ＂Productivity and Skill at a Japanese Transplant and its Parent Company＂ in Work and Occupations (2001), and ＂A Comparison of American and Japanese Work Practices: Skill Formation, Communications, and Conflict Resolution＂ in Industrial Relations (1999).