A Study on Assimilation, Proliferation and Transformation of Japanese-style Production System in North America

本研究的主要目的是通过对日本在汽车和电子行业的移植(以及部分美国工厂和其他工厂的移植)的全面实地研究，来调查日式管理生产体系在北美(美国以及墨西哥和加拿大)同化和扩散的重要方面。我们利用我们的应用-适应分析方法和杂交框架。本研究还旨在探索日本企业日式管理生产制度本身的创新可能。在我们上一次研究的十年后，我们在20世纪80年代末对日本在北美的移植进行了全面的后续研究。2收集了北美相当全面的数据和资源，使我们能够比较和比较我们在亚洲(1991年和1992年)、英国(1997年)和欧洲大陆(1998年)的主要研究结果。重要案例st…我们的研究成果主要有：1.北美日式管理生产体系成熟的某种“模式”，包括汽车和电子行业的差异。我们掌握了国际可转移性的主要方面和日式经营生产方式在美国扩散的现状。我们对日本式管理生产制度变革和创新的可能方向有了一定的认识，我们的研究总的成果是弄清楚了全球生产制度多样化和趋同(杂交)的重要方面，这些方面是通过全球激烈的竞争和美国制度和日本制度的相互同化而促进的。我们还阐明了行业和地区之间的差异。较少

The main purpose of this research is to investigate the significant aspects of assimilation and proliferation of Japanese-style management-production system in North America (in the U.S.A. as well as in Mexico and Canada), through comprehensive field research of Japanese transplants (and partly of U.S. factories and others) in auto and electronics industries. We make use of our Application-Adaptation Analysis methods and Hybridization framework. We also aim at exploring the possible innovation of Japanese-style management-production system itself in Japanese companies.The main achievements of our research : .1. A full-scale follow-up research of Japanese transplants in North America ten years after our previous research in the late 1980s.2 Collection of quite comprehensive data and resources in North America that enable us to compare and contrast the outcomes of our main research in Asia (in 1991 and 1992), Great Britain (in 1997) and Continental Europe (in 1998).3. Significant case st … More udies of American firms that represent not only 'Japanisation', but also recent managerial and production system innovations in the united States.The major points of our research outcomes :1. A certain "patterns" of maturity of Japanese-style management-production system in North America, including the variations among automobile and electronics industries.2. We have grasped the major aspects of International transferability and the current situations of proliferation of Japanese-style management-production system in the United State.3. We have got a certain perspective about the possible direction of changes and innovation of Japanese-style management production system.The total attainment of our research is that we have clarified the significant aspects of the diversification and convergence (Hybridization) of global production systems, which have been promoted through global keen competition and mutual assimilation between the American systems and Japanese systems. We have also shed light on the variations among the industries and regions. Less