ENG 4/6     MANUFACTURING STRATEGY AND THE IMPACT OF DESIGN DECISIONS
 
Read:     Pisano, G. (1996). ITT Automotive: Global Manufacturing Strategy (1994), Harvard Business School, 9-695-002: April 22.

            Feitzinger, E. and Lee, H. "Mass customization at Hewlett-Packard: The power of postponement," Harvard Business Review Jan-Feb 1997 117-121
 
 

•  What is a manufacturing strategy?
•  What is lean production?
•  What are the lean methods that are most closely impacted by design?
•  How do product architecture and manufacturing strategy impact each other?
•  How does manufacturing strategy affect other design decisions?

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