日本东芝公司1985年提出“按客户需要同时生产系列产品”的口号,1991年该公司355亿美元的销售几乎都来自小批量、多型号系列产品.这就是日本抢占90年代国际市场的新战略“灵活生产法”,即企业根据市场需要进行小批量、多品种的生产方法,它与过去大批量生产同一型号或几种型号产品的做法不同,能在极短时间内满足消费者的 In 1985, Toshiba Corporation of Japan proposed the slogan of “simultaneously producing series of products according to customer needs”. In 1991, the company’s sales of USD 35.5 billion were almost all from small-batch, multi-model series products. This is the new strategy for Japan to seize the international market in the 1990s.” The “flexible production method”, which means that enterprises can carry out small-batch, multi-variety production methods according to market needs. It is different from the past practice of mass production of the same model or several types of products, and can satisfy consumers in a very short period of time.