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Management article
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Reference no. SMR3412
Published by: MIT Sloan School of Management
Published in: "MIT Sloan Management Review", 1992
Length: 18 pages

Abstract

What is the next production Frontier? The author argues that it is operating factories as ''learning laboratories.'' These are complex organizational ecosystems that integrate problem solving, internal knowledge, innovation and experimentation, and external information. Chaparral Steel is the model example, and the experiences of its managers and employees are used throughout the article to show how the learning laboratory works.

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Abstract

What is the next production Frontier? The author argues that it is operating factories as ''learning laboratories.'' These are complex organizational ecosystems that integrate problem solving, internal knowledge, innovation and experimentation, and external information. Chaparral Steel is the model example, and the experiences of its managers and employees are used throughout the article to show how the learning laboratory works.

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