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The key to Honda of America’s remarkable performance is a unique program for supply-based excellence called BP, which combines classic quality analysis and problem-solving techniques to target five strategic improvement areas: Best Position, Best Productivity, Best Product, Best Price, and Best Partners. Powered by Honda illustrates how any type of organization can effectively integrate BP into its business structure. Written by the team members who helped design and implement this strategy, the work offers a detailed blueprint of all BP tools and techniques, taking production and purchase department mangers, step-by-step, through a typical 13-week BP project. Never-before-published stories from the field, and perspectives from Honda’s supplier network, customer base, and workforce, vividly demonstrate key concepts.

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