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Comparison of marketability reinforcement between the Japanese and German machine tool industries

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This paper describes a comparison of marketability reinforcement approaches in both the Japanese and German machine tool industries. The study has been conducted using questionnaire and interview investigations, and in contrast to traditional comparative studies performed from the statistics aspect, stress is placed on the culture of the manufacturing point of view. The paper reveals the differing attitudes to the determination of design specifications intended to enhance marketability, and also to the choice of the reinforcement remedies based on the production morphology in both countries. Of these, the most marked finding is that international comparison should be carried out using a hierarchical methodology to guarantee authentic and reliable analyses, because a mono-layered interpretation is liable to provide only surface knowledge.

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  1. Toshiba Machine Co., Ltd, Ohoka, Numazu City, Japan

    D. Hell

  2. Innovatop, München, Germany

    E. Moritz

  3. Department of Mechanical and Intelligent Systems, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ohokayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan

    Y. Ito

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Hell, D., Ito, Y. & Moritz, E. Comparison of marketability reinforcement between the Japanese and German machine tool industries. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 13, 513–522 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01624612

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