Powered by Honda: Developing Excellence in the Global Enterprise

By Dave Nelson, Patricia E. Moody, Rick Mayo

Book Overview

The revolutionary thinking behind Honda of America's record success and how to apply it to any company. Honda of America is setting the new benchmark for organizational development, product innovation, and customer focus. In Powered by Honda managers--for the first time--get the full story behind Honda America's meteoric rise from a struggling Japanese transplant to an American automotive giant. The authors detail the evolution of Honda's unique supply-based excellence program which entails developing and nurturing suppliers to greatness rather than merely leveraging existing ones. These Honda insiders extract valuable lessons and provide practical guidelines for applying the techniques to virtually any type of organization. * Co-authored by Honda of America executive team insiders responsible for implementing Honda's culture-based purchasing and product excellence program. DAVE NELSON (Marysville, Ohio) is Senior Vice President of Purchasing and Corporate Affairs for Honda of America and the President of the National Association of Purchasing Management. RICK MAYO (Marysville, Ohio) is a veteran Honda of America associate who helped design and implement Honda's award-winning BP/BQ program. PATRICIA MOODY (Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts) is a manufacturing management consultant and editor of Target Magazine, the journal of the AME.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 047118182X
• ISBN13: 9780471181828
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

for every leader's desk

Powered by Honda is for every leader's desk. If managers apply what they read in this book, their organizations will be dynamically improved, and their customers along with their associates will be delighted. Robert A. Kemp, PhD, CPM Former President, National Association of Purchasing Management President, Kemp Enterprises Former Professor Emeritus, Management, Duke University

The story of what Honda does by the people who do it.

Powered by Honda tells the story of what Honda does by the people who do it. You can hear the belief and commitment behind their actions. With this book you experience the power of a unifying vision, unswerving support, deep human understanding, and the guts it takes to implement effectively. I knew they were good - but now I know why. Rick Dove, Chairman, Paradigm Shift Incorporated

... the best program of its kind in the United States.

Powered by Honda is the inside story of Honda's BP program for enterprise excellence and is the best program of its kind in the United States. Robert W. Hall, Founder, Association for Manufacturing Excellence, Editor in Chief Target magazine

valuable insights and uncommon sense

Powered by Honda is filled with valuable insights and uncommon sense. It is an excellent resource for managers who want to achieve world-class performance in their own organizations. Richard J. Schonberger, author of Building a Chain of Customers and World Class Manufacturing - The Next Decade

step-by-step plan for building a truly lean enterprise

For those who think of Toyota as the leader in lean thinking, here's a colorful explanation of how Honda's 'racing spirit' is creating a truly lean enterprise in North America. Nelson, Mayo and Moody provide a step-by-step plan for building a smoothly flowing value stream from raw materials into the arms of the customer. Anyone who can't follow their simple instructions (and who doesn't get on the case immediately after putting this book down) has little chance of staying in the race. James Womack, President, Lean Enterprise Institute, co-author, Lean Thinking and The Machine That Changed the World