S/OM/28. What New Management Structures and Methods Were Applied in Automobile Manufacturing in US, 1970-2000?

The new management strategies that have been introduced in automobile industry throughout 1970 and up until 2000 have been brought be globalization and the free hand of competition. The reason why they have proved to be successful and still are implemented in many manufacturing industries is largely due to intensive competition. Thus, American automobile manufacturing companies were forced to put every effort to increase both productive and allocative efficiency in order to regain market share. While US automobile industry was experiencing hard times as it was restructuring virtually every sphere of its production process, at the present moment US automobile is taking leading positions in global market.