Manufacturing technology transfer : a Japanese monozukuri view of needs and strategies /: a Japanese monozukuri view of needs and strategies. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Yasuo Yamane and Thomas Childs.
• Authors: Yamane, Yasuo; Childs, Thomas (Thomas H. C.)
• Contents: Manufacturing Industry; The Machine Tool Manufacturing Process Design; Production Engineering; Machining; Assembly; Information and Object Flows in Manufacturing; Compatible Manufacturing Methods; Changes in Processing Accuracy; Classification of Manufacturing Industry and Products by Number of Parts and Processing Accuracy; Industrial Field and the Type of Technical Skill Required; Abilities Required by Engineers and Technicians; Discussion Questions; ; Learning Curves and Their Utilization; The Learning Curve; Engineering Equivalents to the Learning Curve; Specification of Skill Levels by Means of Learning Curves Specification of Skill Levels and Its Benefits Individual Learning Curves and Learning Curves According to Work Evaluation of Individual Skill Levels Evaluating a Company’s Technical Competence Learning Curves and the Lifetime Employment System; Industry Field Surveys; Skill Levels and Learning Times; Age and Service Years of Staff; Companies’ Technical/Skill Level Estimated from Service Years; Skill Level and Standard Deviation; Proficiency Measurement; Skill Level and Standard Deviation; Discussion Questions; Skill Transfer in Manufacturing Industries; Technology and Skill Transfer; Skill Transfer from the Time of Chuang Tzu; Technical Skill Classification; The Teaching of Technical Skills; Learning Curve Time Reduction; The Early Period; The Fast Learning Period; The Maturity Period; Work De-Skilling; Historical Examples; Limits to De-Skilling; Mechanization and Automation of Skillful Work; Skill Level and Automation; The Security of Technology Transfer; Human Resources; Material Things; Information; Turnover Rate and Technology/Skill Transfer; Discussion Questions; ; Virtual Manufacturing to Speed Up Learning; Hand Scraping; An Experimental Study of Expert Scraping Judgments; Hand Scraping Strategy; Computer Simulation of Scraping; High-Point Marking; Interpretation and Judgment; Scraping; Computer Simulation and Education; Discussion Questions; ; Production Management and Technology Transfer in Manufacturing; Production Management; Production Activities and Management; Production Systems and Their Features; The Product Life Cycle; Management Technologies in the Product Life Cycle; Production Strategy in the Product Life Cycle; Technology Transfer and Management of Technology; Appropriate Technology Transfer and the Role of Management; Importance of State of Development; Importance of Human Resources; Importance of Market Competition; Importance of Strategic Factors; Technology Strategy and Issues of Management Technology; Offensive Strategy; Defensive Strategy; Imitative Strategy; Dependent Strategy; Traditional Strategy; Opportunity Strategy; Strategic Technology Transfer and Sustainable Development; Discussion Questions; ; Overseas Expansion and Technology Transfer; Special Features of Technology Transfer Overseas; Historical Background to Overseas Technology Transfer; Overseas Expansion and Conditions of Technology Transfer; Strategy in Technology Transfer; Statistics of Overseas Expansion; The Content of Technology Transfer; Important Considerations in Overseas Technology Transfer; Procedures of Technology Transfer; Future Trends in Overseas Technology Transfer; Discussion Questions; ; Technology Transfer and Legal Affairs; Function of Legal Affairs in Technology Transfer; Example Framework of Agreement Covering Technology Transfer; The States of Technology Transfer; The Basic Agreement; The Technological License Agreement; The Technical Staff Dispatch Agreement; The Technical and Operation Staff Training Agreement; The Engineering Agreement; The Plant Construction Agreement; The Machinery Procurement Agreement; Common Points to Note in the Various Agreements’ Legal Affairs Articles; Party to the Agreement; Signer to the Agreement; Effective Period; Agreement Transfer (Assignment); Governing Law; Controlling Text; Entire Agreement; Supplement to or Amendment of Agreement; Force Majeure; Termination of Agreement; Settlement of Disputes; Arbitration; Discussion Questions; ; Technology Transfer from Participants’ Viewpoints; Background of Technology Transfer; The Scope of This Chapter; Japan’s Needs for Technology Transfer; Asian Nations’ Needs for Technology Transfer; New Technology Transfer—Issues That Should Be Tackled; A Technology Transfer Survey; Purpose of the Investigation; Survey Outline; Results from the Survey; Issues as Seen by Receiving Sides; Issues as Seen by Transferring Sides; Country-Specific Issues; Road Map for Resolving Problems; Differences between the Transferring and Recei
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: New York : Productivity Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 658.500952; Production management -- Japan; Technology transfer -- Japan; Production engineering -- Japan
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482201512; 9781315300412; 9781466567641; 9781482201529
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