Linkage of Ford Production System and QS-9000 quality standard

Author

Johnson, Dana ; Johnson, Mark

Author_Institution

Dept. of Manage. & Org., Wayne State Univ., Detroit, MI, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Abstract

Competition in the automotive industry has always been rather intense. As companies strive to achieve “lean” operations, the manufacturing strategies have focused on reducing cost, using less resources, improving quality, and most importantly, exceeding customer expectations. In light of planned change such as the Ford Production System strategy, component manufacturers are also faced with an imposed, automotive industry quality standard known as QS9000. There are some common linkages between the two changes but there also may be some differences. A discussion brings to light how companies seeking “lean” manufacturing can deal with “imposed” quality standards

Keywords

Ford; automobile industry; management; manufacture; manufacturing industries; quality control; standards; Ford Production System; QS-9000 quality standard; automotive industry; customer expectations; lean manufacturing; lean production; manufacturing strategies; quality improvement; quality standards; Automotive engineering; Best practices; Companies; Costs; Couplings; Legged locomotion; Manufacturing industries; Product development; Production systems; Resource management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Management of Engineering and Technology, 1999. Technology and Innovation Management. PICMET '99. Portland International Conference on

Conference_Location

Portland, OR

Print_ISBN

1-890843-02-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PICMET.1999.808351

Filename

808351