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Inverting the Paradox of Excellence
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Inverting the Paradox of Excellence

by Vivek Kale
July 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
442 pages
21h 44m
English
Productivity Press
Content preview from Inverting the Paradox of Excellence
235Dimension of Variations
7.9.3 moDular arChiTeCTure anD Design aT sCania
Scania is a Swedish-based multinational manufacturer of heavy trucks, buses, and diesel engines.
Scania created a process for designing trucks individually tailored to meet specic needs of any
particular customer; Scania achieved variety at a low cost by focusing on product design. The mod-
ular strategy grew out the company’s decision to after World War II to specialize its efforts on the
heavy range of trucks; it wanted to export trucks to as many parts of the world as possible. To market
all over the world meant designing trucks to meet an enormous range of specialized transportation
purposes. To meet the unique requirements of each and every customer in widely v ...
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