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汽车和电子工业中的日本移植物（以及部分美国工厂和其他工厂）的全面实地研究，调查日式管理生产系统在北美（美国以及墨西哥和加拿大）的同化和扩散的重要方面。我们利用我们的应用适应性分析方法和杂交框架。探讨日本企业的日式管理生产制度本身可能的创新。我们的主要研究成果：1。20世纪80年代末，对北美日本移植进行了全面的随访研究收集了北美相当全面的数据和资源，使我们能够比较和对比我们在亚洲（1991年和1992年），英国（1997年）和欧洲大陆（1998年）的主要研究结果。更多关于美国公司的研究，不仅代表了“日本化”，而且代表了美国最近的管理和生产系统创新。我们的研究成果的主要观点：1。1 .北美地区日式管理生产制度成熟的某种“模式”，包括汽车工业和电子工业之间的变化。我们掌握了国际可转移性的主要方面和日本式经营生产制度在美国扩散的现状。对日式经营生产体制的变革和创新的可能方向有了一定的认识。我们研究的总体成果是，我们澄清了全球生产系统多样化和趋同（杂交）的重要方面，这是通过美国和日本系统之间的全球激烈竞争和相互同化而促进的。我们还揭示了行业和地区之间的差异。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