Download or read book Inside the BMW Factories written by Graham Robson and published by Motorbooks. This book was released on 2008-11-07 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BMW’s Bavarian blue and white propeller logo harks back to its early twentieth-century roots as an aircraft engine manufacturer. How this venerable company weathered two world wars, moved from aircraft to motorcycles and, finally, to the cars that would provide its greatest glory is the remarkable story recounted in this book. With unique access to BMW’s factories and archives, author Graham Robson gives readers an inside look at how the great German automaker works and how its methods have evolved over the decades. Visiting factories throughout Germany and in the United States he offers readers a rare, behind the scenes, nuts-and-bolts account of how BMW produces its famed models. Illustrated with rare photographs from BMW’s own archives, this book constitutes an unprecedented tour of the history and culture of one of the world’s great automakers.
Download or read book The BMW Group Home Plant in Munich written by Andreas Hemmerle and published by Hirmer Verlag . This book was released on 2022-07-22 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rund einhundert Jahre Werksgeschichte: Auf 272 Seiten spannt die Publikation den Bogen vom Beginn der Otto-Werke 1913 bis hin zu den aktuellsten Investitionen, die das Werk bis 2018 in entscheidenden Bereichen neu positionieren werden. Die Autoren zeichnen das faszinierende Bild eines einmaligen Fertigungsstandortes der weltweit berühmten Marke BMW. Ein modernes Automobil- und Motorenwerk mitten in der Metropole München – das BMW Group Stammwerk ist die Keimzelle der BMW Produktion, hier verbinden sich die lange Tradition des Konzerns und eine hochmoderne Fertigung. Mit einer Vielzahl historischer und aktueller Aufnahmen ermöglicht die Publikation einen spannenden Blick hinter die Kulissen, skizziert die Wendepunkte in der Geschichte des Werkes und lässt ehemalige sowie aktive Mitarbeiter selbst zu Wort kommen. Vorgestellt werden die Industriearchitektur im Wandel der Zeit sowie die stetige Modernisierung der Fertigungsanlagen, um dem neuesten Stand der Technik immer einen Schritt voraus zu sein.
Download or read book Zaha Hadid written by Zaha Hadid and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zaha Hadid's highly inventive and seemingly unbuildable designs have defied conventional ideas of architectural space and construction. The BMW Central Building in Leipzig, Germany, is no exception. It is the heart of the BMW factory complexthe dynamic focal point of the entire plant that visually, physically, and experientially sustains a sense of animation and motion. With an audacious and abstracted geometry of forms and lines, the BMW Central Building challenges the notion of building as static and is definitive evidence of architecture as art. Zaha Hadid: BMW Central Building, the seventh volume in the Source Books in Architecture series, provides a comprehensive look at this instant modern masterpiece.
Download or read book The BMW Century 2nd Edition written by Tony Lewin and published by Motorbooks International. This book was released on 2022-07-19 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The BMW Century details more than one hundred years of BMW from its historic aviation roots to today’s trend-setting cars and motorcycles.
Download or read book Business in Latin America written by Fernando Robles and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-03-21 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Business in Latin America provides readers with a comprehensive overview of the business environment of this dynamic and challenging region. The book begins with an overview of the most important macroenvironments shaping the region’s opportunities and risks, while the second part focuses on the business strategies that respond to those opportunities and risks. Capturing the dynamism of this region, this new edition provides a thorough and nuanced understanding of the commonalities and differences within the multifaceted business environments of Latin America. The second edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to include: The sources of economic, political, and natural risks, including the impact of COVID-19 The endemic role of corruption in institutions, the economy, and society The region’s cultural and social diversity and resilience The role of technology and digitalization on corporate and marketing strategies The challenges of managing local and regional supply chains The book includes examples and cases from across the region on corporate strategies, marketing, entrepreneurship, leadership, human resource management, and social and environmental sustainability. An ideal resource for anyone considering a business venture in the region, the book will especially appeal to practitioners and students who have a particular interest in Latin America.
Download or read book Towards a New Map of Automobile Manufacturing in Europe written by Ray Hudson and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the product of four years of collaborative work within the framework of the European Science Foundation's Regional and Urban Restructuring in Europe (RURE) programme. With one exception, all of the chapters have been prepared by participants in RURE - the exception being that commissioned from Conti and Enrietti on Fiat and Italy to provide a fuller coverage of changes in the main automobile producing companies and countries of Europe. A - perhaps the - central theme around which the RURE programme was conceived is that the restructuring of the production system lies at the heart of the changing map of Europe. Equally, it continues to be the case that the automobile industry lies at the cutting edge of the search for viable new models of production. Some eighty years ago the automobile industry occupied a pivotal position in the transition from craft to mass production - indeed "Fordism" came to denote not just a particular micro-economic model of production organisation in the factory but a macro-scale model of economic development, characterized by a particular pattern of relations between mass production, mass consumption and national state regulation. From the late 1960s, however, it became increasingly clear that Fordism as a macro-scale model of advanced capitalist development was reaching its limits.
Download or read book Driven written by David Kiley and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2004-04-02 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exclusive look at one of the world's most successful and controversial companies, and the mysterious family behind it. BMW is arguably the most admired carmaker in the world. It's financial performance is the envy of its competitors, and BMW products inspire near-fanatical loyalty. While many carmakers struggle with falling sales, profits and market share, demand for BMWs continues to grow, frequently outpacing production. Now, David Kiley-Detroit Bureau Chief at USA Today and author of Getting the Bugs Out, which covered Volkswagen's demise and rebirth, goes inside the fabled German automaker to see how it does what it does so well. With unprecedented access to BMW executives, Kiley goes behind the walls of BMW's famed "Four Cylinders" headquarters in Munich at a time when the company is in its most aggressive, and some say riskiest, expansion in its history and when some of the company's new products, like the 7 Series sedan and Z4 roadster, are for the first time drawing as many barbs from critics as bouquets. Kiley covers intimate details of the boardroom drama surrounding the company's nearly disastrous acquisition and subsequent sale of the British Rover Group and its expansion into selling MINI and Rolls Royce cars. Besides being a world-class carmaker, BMW is also considered one of the smartest consumer marketing companies and Kiley explores the extraordinary value and management of the BMW brand mystique. He also takes a revealing look at the mysterious and ultra-private Quandt family of Bad Homburg Germany, which owns a controlling stake in BMW: Johanna and Susanne Quandt, two of the wealthiest women in Europe and Stefan Quandt, one of the wealthiest bachelors on the continent. David Kiley (Ann Arbor, MI) is the Detroit Bureau Chief at USA Today who has covered the auto industry for 17 years. He has been featured on Nightline, CNBC, CNN, MSNBC, NPR and the Today show. He is also the author of Getting the Bugs Out: The Rise, Fall, and Comeback of Volkswagen in America (0-471-26304-4), also available from Wiley.
Download or read book Sustainable Operations Management written by Breno Nunes and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-12-26 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sustainable Operations Management applies the issues of sustainability to all strategic decisions of operations: capacity management, supply network, process technology, and development and organisation. This book extends the existing literature of operations management that for years has been paramount in creating economic value with little consideration of environment and social dimensions. Whilst based on robust theoretical frameworks, some developed by its own authors, the book is enriched by international case studies and real-world illustrations throughout, to demonstrate how this theory translates to practice. Each chapter begins with learning objectives and ends with a summary, activity, and questions for discussion. Readers will gain a comprehensive and in-depth knowledge on how to manage operations for sustainability. They will learn the ways to formulate a sustainable operations strategy and the elements involved in managing tactical and operational activities to enhance sustainability performance over time. The book covers all aspects of the new business sustainability paradigm from an operations perspective, including sustainable development goals, the circular economy and digital transformation. With international agreements and national policies in place around themes such as climate change, ocean plastic pollution, loss of biodiversity, water scarcity, and zero landfill targets, this book will be a must for any university abiding to the Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRIME). The text is suitable mostly for MSc and MBA students on sustainable supply chain and operations management modules as well as broader Operations Management courses, but it can also be used for final-year Undergraduate students as part of advanced operations management modules. Online resources include chapter-by-chapter PowerPoint slides and a test bank of questions.
Download or read book The New Domestic Automakers in the United States and Canada written by A.J. Jacobs and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2015-12-16 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past forty years, state/provincial and local governments in the United States and Canada have provided foreign automakers with approximately $4.80 billion in incentives in order to lure light vehicles assembly plants to their areas. This has included tax abatements, infrastructure construction, land giveaways, job training programs, and other subsidies. As of early 2015, ten foreign vehicle makers operated 20 light vehicles in developed North America. Despite the fact that all ten of these automakers have pursued a similar pattern—first exporting vehicles into the United States and Canada before launching vehicle plants in developed North America—each has followed its own specific historical development path and has created its own unique growth trajectory.This book provides a unique historical and qualitative review of these ten vehicle makers, from their early beginnings to their export entry into the United States and/or Canada through early 2015. In addition, it chronicles the histories of more than a dozen former automakers and potential future foreign light motor vehicle assembly plants in the United States and Canada. This includes the first foreign automaker to build its cars in the United States, De Dion-Bouton of France in July 1900, the early 20th Century endeavors of Fiat, Mercedes, and Rolls Royce, and the present day hopes of Chinese and Indian automakers. In the process, the text also provides an assessment of the top competing states and sites for any future plants, the possible incentives packages governments may offer to attract such facilities, and an estimated incentive value for each automaker. Overall, the goal of this book is to expand the knowledge of policymakers at all tiers of government in the United States and Canada and to help them take a more holistic look at the pros and cons of attracting Automobile Manufacturing FDI. It is hoped that this will enable them to make more informed decisions when pursuing a new foreign motor vehicle assembly plant. Its findings should also prove informative to urban and regional planning, political science, sociology, economics, labor, and international development scholars and students in North America and worldwide.
Download or read book Supply Chain Management written by Nada R. Sanders and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2024-12-12 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrates SCM best practices while helping students understand the complexities of SCM decision making Now in its fourth edition, Supply Chain Management: A Global Perspective integrates the foundational principles and business-oriented functions of supply chain management (SCM) in one comprehensive volume. Providing students with a balanced and integrated perspective with a global focus, this market-leading textbook highlights the holistic and interconnected nature of SCM while addressing supply chain strategy, design, planning, sourcing, logistics, forecasting, demand planning, operations management, and more. A standard text at universities around the world, Supply Chain Management offers cross-functional coverage, a student-friendly pedagogy, and a wealth of real-world examples of SCM in companies of various sizes. Author Nada R Sanders draws upon her extensive experience in academia and industry to provide both the foundational material required to understand the subject matter and practical tips that demonstrate how the latest techniques are being applied. Supply chain management is advancing rapidly and becoming ever more important in the global business climate. Covering both the underlying principles and practical techniques of SCM, Supply Chain Management: A Global Perspective, Fourth Edition, remains an ideal textbook for upper-level undergraduate courses in Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, and Logistics Management programs. New to this Edition: Updated content in each chapter illustrating the latest business practices in the context of SCM Increased focus on new and emerging technologies, including AI, that are changing supply chains New real-world examples of key concepts applied to supply chains of companies of various sizes and sectors New discussion topics reflecting recent international, government, and organizational policy issues relevant to SCM New and updated cases, discussion questions, examples, and classroom exercises Wiley Advantage: Provides consistent and fully integrated coverage of all key areas of SCM concepts, strategic implementations, and operational techniques Examines supply chain management as a boundary-spanning function that is intertwined with other organizational areas Discusses how recent developments in trade, tax, tariffs, data protection, and national security impact the global supply change Contains extensive pedagogical tools and solved problems designed to make difficult concepts accessible Features a wealth of cases and examples of the latest business practices in supply chain management Includes access to a companion website with an extensive test bank, PowerPoint slides, an instructor’s manual, and other teaching resources
Download or read book America s Other Automakers written by Timothy J. Minchin and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2021-04-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2018 almost half of all vehicles made in North America were produced at foreign-owned plants, and the sector was on track to monopolize the market. Despite this, the industry has been overlooked compared with its domestic counterpart, both in scholarship and popular memory. Redressing this neglect, America’s Other Automakers provides a new history of the foreignowned auto sector, the first to extensively draw on archival sources and to articulate the human agency of participants, including workers, managers, and industry recruiters. Timothy J. Minchin challenges the view that the industry’s growth primarily reflected incentives, stressing human agency and the complexity of individual stories instead. Deeply human in its approach, the book also explores the industry’s impact on grassroots communities, showing that it had more costs than supporters acknowledged. Drawing on a wide range of primary and secondary sources, America’s Other Automakers uncovers significant tensions over unionization, reports of discriminatory hiring, and unease about the industry’s rapid growth, critically exploring seven large assembly facilities and their impact on the communities in which they were built.
Download or read book Real Estate Investments in Germany written by Michael Mütze and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-06-30 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The German real estate market is in motion. Single real estates as well as parts of real estate portfolios are still projected and brought to the market to a great extent. In addition, the ownerships of big real estate portfolios are changing. In the light of this situation, this book guides foreign investors and project developers through the legal, tax and economical requirements for real estate investments in Germany in a practical manner.
Download or read book BMW Motorcycles written by Alan Dowds and published by Motorbooks International. This book was released on 2022-10-18 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrate BMW Motorrad’s first century with BMW Motorcycles: 100 Years. This comprehensive history is accompanied by historic and contemporary photography from BMW’s archive.
Download or read book Manufacturing in the New Urban Economy written by Willem van Winden and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-10-04 with total page 507 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In large cities in developed countries, the share of manufacotruing has declined drastically in the last decades and the share of service has grown as many manufacturing firms have closed or moved to lower-cost locations. The process of deindustrialization is often seen as part of the inevitable shift towards a knowledge based economy and urban economies come to rely on research and development, financial services, tourism and the creative industries. This book looks at the changing link between manufacturing and knowledge-based activities in urban regions. The authors develop a new framework drawing on insights from organization studies and regional economic literature looking at various international case studies in Western and Eastern Europe, South America and Asia.
Download or read book Designing Robot Behavior in Human Robot Interactions written by Changliu Liu and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-09-12 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, we have set up a unified analytical framework for various human-robot systems, which involve peer-peer interactions (either space-sharing or time-sharing) or hierarchical interactions. A methodology in designing the robot behavior through control, planning, decision and learning is proposed. In particular, the following topics are discussed in-depth: safety during human-robot interactions, efficiency in real-time robot motion planning, imitation of human behaviors from demonstration, dexterity of robots to adapt to different environments and tasks, cooperation among robots and humans with conflict resolution. These methods are applied in various scenarios, such as human-robot collaborative assembly, robot skill learning from human demonstration, interaction between autonomous and human-driven vehicles, etc. Key Features: Proposes a unified framework to model and analyze human-robot interactions under different modes of interactions. Systematically discusses the control, decision and learning algorithms to enable robots to interact safely with humans in a variety of applications. Presents numerous experimental studies with both industrial collaborative robot arms and autonomous vehicles.
Download or read book Advances in Manufacturing Production Management and Process Control written by Waldemar Karwowski and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-06-26 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses the latest advances in manufacturing and process control, with a special emphasis on digital manufacturing and intelligent technologies for manufacturing and industrial processes control. The human aspect of the developed technologies and products, their interaction with the users, as well as sustainability issues, are covered in detail. Development of new products using 3D printers, rapid prototyping systems, remote fabrication, and other advanced techniques, is described in detail, highlighting the state-of-the-art and current challenges. Other key topics include digital modeling systems and additive manufacturing, together with their applications in a number of fields, e.g in bioengineering/biomedicine, in the aerospace, maritime and military fields or for archeological and historical purposes, such as preserving structures, but not limited to this. The book is based on three AHFE 2018 affiliated conferences i.e. the AHFE 2018 International Conference on Advanced Production Management and Process Control, the AHFE 2018 International Conference on Human Aspects of Advanced Manufacturing, and the AHFE 2018 International Conference on Additive Manufacturing, Modeling Systems and 3D Prototyping, which were held on July 21-25, 2018, in Orlando, Florida, USA.
Download or read book Engineering Technology Education in the United States written by National Academy of Engineering and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2017-01-27 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The vitality of the innovation economy in the United States depends on the availability of a highly educated technical workforce. A key component of this workforce consists of engineers, engineering technicians, and engineering technologists. However, unlike the much better-known field of engineering, engineering technology (ET) is unfamiliar to most Americans and goes unmentioned in most policy discussions about the US technical workforce. Engineering Technology Education in the United States seeks to shed light on the status, role, and needs of ET education in the United States.
