Overview
- Addresses the conceptual and practical aspects for achieving the rapid delivery to the customer of a bespoke vehicle only days after placing an order
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (23 chapters)
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Introduction and Overview
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Collaboration
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Validation
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Reviews
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This book is interesting and well organised... [T]he editors have been able to well integrate the different contributions proposing a book which appears homogeneous... and well written.
Production Planning & Control Vol. 20, No. 8 (December 2009) (Reviewer: Paulo Gaiardelli)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Glenn Parry is a senior research fellow in the University of Bath's School of Management (UK), having joined the university after working for the UK Lean Aerospace Initiative, WMG and the University of Warwick (UK). He is participating in the EU Intelligent Logistics for Innovative Product Technologies (ILIPT) project, which explores the feasibility of producing and delivering a bespoke car within only 5 days. His research interests include enterprise transformation and the move to service; application of lean and agile thinking, and development of practice, within automotive, aerospace and construction contexts; and enterprise resource planning systems.
Andrew Graves is Professorial Fellow, Management of Technology, also at the University of Bath (UK). He has worked as development engineer and team manager in the world of Formula 1 and 2 racing, and from 1985 he was part of the Science Policy Research Unit at the University of Sussex (UK). He is a member of several professional bodies, including the Aerospace, Innovation & Growth Team, DTI; the Automotive Innovation & Growth Team, DTI; and the SMMT Motorists Working Group.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Build To Order
Book Subtitle: The Road to the 5-Day Car
Editors: Glenn Parry, Andrew Graves
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84800-225-8
Publisher: Springer London
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-84800-224-1Published: 24 September 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-84996-759-4Published: 13 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-84800-225-8Published: 23 July 2008
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 438
Topics: Automotive Engineering, Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing, Industrial and Production Engineering, Operations Management, Innovation/Technology Management