Subject category:
Finance, Accounting and Control
Published by:
Harvard Business Publishing
Version: 14 October 1994
Length: 13 pages
Data source: Field research
Abstract
Documents the emergence of the functional group management system at Olympus's camera manufacturing facility. This system increases the pressure on the work force to decrease costs and improve output by treating the facility's 10 autonomous groups as profit centers, not cost centers. This case illustrates how Japanese firms use profit pressure to improve performance.
Subject category:
Finance, Accounting and Control
Published by:
Harvard Business Publishing
Length: 8 pages
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Abstract
Documents the emergence of the functional group management system at Olympus's camera manufacturing facility. This system increases the pressure on the work force to decrease costs and improve output by treating the facility's 10 autonomous groups as profit centers, not cost centers. This case illustrates how Japanese firms use profit pressure to improve performance.
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Subject category:
Finance, Accounting and Control
Published by:
Harvard Business Publishing
Length: 8 pages