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Corporate strategy for dramatic productivity surge [electronic resource] / edited by Akira Ishikawa, Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan & University of Hawaii & Tetsuro Saisho, Gunma University.
ISBN:
9789814449304
Title:
Corporate strategy for dramatic productivity surge [electronic resource] / edited by Akira Ishikawa, Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan & University of Hawaii & Tetsuro Saisho, Gunma University.
Author:
Ishikawa, Akira, 1934-
Publication Information:
Hackensack, NJ : WORLD SCIENTIFIC, [2013]
Physical Description:
1 online resource (pages cm)
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
pt. I. Case studies of productivity surges in management functions. Section 1. Time reduction -- pt. II. Case studies of global-scale super effects. Section 1. Improvement in sensitivity. Section 2. Higher precision. Section 3. Increases in effectiveness and efficiency -- pt. III. Case studies of super effects in marketing domains. Section 1. Size changes. Section 2. Cost reduction. Section 3. Sales expansion. Section 4. Other cases.

Introduction / Tetsuro Saisho -- ch. 1. Welding steel plates six times faster / Tetsuro Saisho -- ch. 2. The reduction of drying time by 90% / Tetsuro Saisho -- ch. 3. The sudden rise in web conferences and teleconferences / Akira Ishikawa -- ch. 4. The reduction of traveling time from five to three hours / Kazuo Matsude -- ch. 5. Shortening inspection time by 90% / Akira Ishikawa -- ch. 6. Instantaneous and spontaneous information sharing / Hiromichi Yasuoka -- ch. 7. The development of a three-minute battery charger / Toru Fujii -- ch. 8. High speed measurements enabled by the multi-head weigher (the computer scale) / Takashi Yonezawa -- ch. 9. The remarkable speeds of sorting machines / Takashi Yonezawa -- ch. 10. A ten-fold boost in speed and durability of the zip chain lifter / Takashi Yonezawa -- ch. 11. The introduction of the virtual OS-based thin client / Kazuo Matsude -- ch. 12. The future of the smart meter / Kazuo Matsude -- ch. 13. The acceleration of processing speeds through the evolution of algorithms / Takashi Yonezawa -- ch. 14. Increasing order processing capacity by 400 times to 600 times / Tetsuro Saisho -- ch. 15. A ten-fold increase in maximum output of photovoltaic power generation / Tetsuro Saisho -- ch. 16. Dramatic changes in the classification of world competitiveness by country / Akira Ishikawa -- ch. 17. The spread of "intelligence Olympics" / Akira Ishikawa -- ch. 18. A 150-fold increase in followers through a limited discount / Junpei Nakagawa -- ch. 19. Boosting dales of publications via data mining / Kazuo Matsude -- ch. 20. Customers' return-to-store rate through Twitter usage exceeds 50% / Junpei Nakagawa -- ch. 21. 3.5 million net increase in mobile phone contracts within a year due to Twitter effect / Junpei Nakagawa -- ch. 22. Seawater desalination business enabled by reverse osmosis technology / Kazuo Matsude -- ch. 23. The surprising properties of high electric current density / Akira Ishikawa -- ch. 24. A fifteen-fold increase in followers through ground-breaking activities / Junpei Nakagawa -- ch. 25. A thirteen-fold increase in registrants through a limited-time event / Junpei Nakagawa -- ch. 26. CO[symbol] reduction business utilizing electric hydraulic shovels / Toru Fujii -- ch. 27. CO[symbol] reduction via the realization of next generation thermal power / Toru Fujii.

Ch. 28. Introduction of the electric bus infrastructure / Toru Fujii -- ch. 29. Twitter-driven record-breaking profit / Junpei Nakagawa -- ch. 30. The globalization of inter-regional mobility through low-cost carriers / Kazuo Matsude -- ch. 31. Achieving a 15% savings in electricity without reducing factory output / Tetsuro Saisho -- ch. 32. The process of organizing information / Atsushi Tsujimoto -- ch. 33. The learning process in product development / Atsushi Tsujimoto -- ch. 34. Signs of explosive expansion in global geothermal power generation / Toru Fujii -- ch. 35. Smart city/smart community markets / Toru Fujii -- ch. 36. The e-learning market's growth potential / Akira Ishikawa -- ch. 37. Expansion of management consulting project scenarios via information dispatches / Hiromichi Yasuoka -- ch. 38. Rapid expansion of partnerships through participating in common points programs / Hiromichi Yasuoka -- ch. 39. Reduction in cleaning costs by approximately 60% / Tetsuro Saisho -- ch. 40. A 40% cost reduction in transporting China-bound cargo / Tetsuro Saisho -- ch. 41. Suica's role in generating revenue and reducing operational costs of vending machines / Hiromichi Yasuoka -- ch. 42. Business opportunities in ultracompact orbiter development / Akira Ishikawa -- ch. 43. Rakuten's sales expansion by entry into the financial business / Hiromichi Yasuoka -- ch. 44. CECIL McBEE's product development model / Atsushi Tsujimoto -- ch. 45. Provision of organizational information through Twitter / Atsushi Tsujimoto -- ch. 46. Acceleration of the commercialization of the service business in the manufacturing industry / Toru Fujii -- ch. 47. Improvement in convenience and economic effects achieved through ID sharing (expansion of economic effects) / Hiromichi Yasuoka -- ch. 48. The Blue Card's customer attraction effect in Nagano Prefecture (customer attraction growth) / Hiromichi Yasuoka -- ch. 49. Increasing the number of visitors through twitter enlarging the number of followers / Junpei Nakagawa -- ch. 50. Energy self-sufficiency with algae that produces oil. Discovery of a raw material / Kazuo Matsude -- ch. 51. Negative effect of international politics / Akira Ishikawa -- Conclusion. The road to achieving the super effect / Akira Ishikawa and Tetsuro Saisho.
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Publication Date:
2013
Publication Information:
Hackensack, NJ : WORLD SCIENTIFIC, [2013]