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Automotive toolmaking tricknology : Applying NUMMI's concepts to tool and diemakingIn 1984 the Fremont, Calif. GM assembly plant shuttered under the strain of horrible management-labor relationships. Toyota offered to reopen the plant in a joint venture with GM implementing its Toyota Production System. Tool and diemaking shops can apply the same NUMMI concepts to revitalize...
Publish date: June 17, 2008 |
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Lean tool and die solutionsTo achieve a competitive position against low-cost countries, tool- and diemakers must reduce costs by at least 25 percent and shorten lead-time by about 50 percent.
Publish date: September 11, 2007 |
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Revitalizing the U.S. tool and die industry
Publish date: May 10, 2005 |