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Heskett Column - Fine Coupling (ADDITONAL RESOURCES)

 
3/5/2001
Articles

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"Lucent Embraces Outsourcing — OEM Vows to Commit Up to 50% of Its Business to EMS." Claire Serant; EBN; Manhasset; Jan 29, 2001

"Modularity pendulum." David S Isenberg, America's Network; Duluth; Feb 15, 2000

"Tracking system integrates e-business." Steve Konicki, Informationweek; Manhasset; Oct 30, 2000

"Easier people tracking." Aisha M. Williams, Informationweek; Manhasset; Sep 11, 2000

"Evaluation of supply chain structures through modularization and postponement." Ricardo Ernst, Bardia Kamrad, European Journal of Operational Research; Amsterdam; Aug 1, 2000

"Layoffs bring new risks." Judy Greenwald, Business Insurance, Chicago; Feb 12, 2001; Vol. 35, Iss. 7; pg. 1, 3 pgs

"Old Laws Hobble the New Economy Workplace." Peter Cappelli, MIT Sloan Management Review; Full-Text Article: Reprint 42210; Winter 2001, Volume 42, Number 2, p. 110

"How to Be a CEO for the Information Age." Michael Earl and David Feeny, MIT Sloan Management Review; Winter 2000, Volume 41, Number 2

"Taking on the Last Bureaucracy." Thomas A. Stewart, Reporter Associate Wilton Woods, Fortune Magazine Online, 01-15-96

"Disaster of the Day: Dun & Bradstreet." Debra Lau; Forbes, New York; Dec 12, 2000

"Qwest Gets Cut." Kathleen Cholewka; Forbes, New York; Sep 11, 2000

"The Case of the Downsizing Decision." Alan S. Train, Harvard Business Review, Mar 1, 1991

"Scott Paper Co." Stuart C. Gilson, Jeremy Cott; Harvard Business Review, Sep 26, 1997

"Navistar International." Stuart C. Gilson, Jeremy Cott, Harvard Business Review, Nov 23, 1994

"Boeing employment drops by 2,900 in August." The Associated Press, Sep 16, 1999

"Citing Slowdown, 3Com Lays Off 1,200." Thor Olavsrud, InternetNews - Business News, Feb 26, 2001
Books and Other Media

Design Rules: The Power of Modularity, Vol. 1 by Carliss Y. Baldwin, Kim B. Clark. MIT Press, 1999.

Understanding the Digital Economy by Erik Brynjolfsson, Brian Kahin. MIT Press, 2000.

Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation by James P. Womack. Simon & Schuster Books, 1996.

"Modular Manufacturing Research"
Research in Modular Machine Design and Modular Manufacturing
Toni Lush, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia

Alabama Technology Network
Lean Publications by ATN Staff:
Downloadable papers and presentations on lean manufacturing.