General Electric / Factory Physics Inc. / Motorola / Toyota / SAP / /
Continent
America / /
Country
Japan / United States / /
Currency
USD / / /
Event
Reorganization / Person Travel / /
Facility
University of Tsukuba / /
IndustryTerm
pull systems / specific applications / shorter manufacturing cycle times / parts processing / closed queueing network / lean manufacturing movements / client/server information technology architecture / base stock systems / automobile manufacturing techniques / time-based manufacturing / manufacturing efficiency / card kanban systems / manufacturing operator / manufacturing practice / workable systems / manufacturing order / kanban and related systems / manufacturing operation / enterprise resource management / web-site / manufacturing innovation / open queueing network / automotive systems / manufacturing environment / software industry / manufacturing / manufacturing operations / hybrid systems / /
Organization
University of Tsukuba / MIT / Laurel Valley Court / JIT / American Production and Inventory Control Society / Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences Northwestern University Evanston / /
Person
Oliver Wight / Joseph Orlicky / George Plossl / Wallace J. Hopp / Jack Welch / Yasuhiro Monden / Mark L. Spearman / Shigeo Shingo / George Kimball / / /
Position
material handler / charismatic CEO / professor / /
RadioStation
WIP / /
Technology
information technology / simulation / client/server / demonstrated using simulation / /
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