Manufacturing in real time managers, engineers and an age of smart machines

• Main Author: Frontini, Gian F
• Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kennedy, Scott L
• Format: Electronic Book
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam London Butterworth-Heinemann c2003
• Subjects: Παραγωγή > Διοίκηση και οργάνωση; Αυτοματισμός > Σχεδίαση; Business logistics

The development of self-operating machines is the foundation of modern manufacturing. This current manufacturing environment is based on automation and smart machines that have the ability to make things with a level of accuracy and consistency that humans cannot match. In order to maximize efficien...

Table of Contents:

• The Historical Development of Flow in Manufacturing; Dynamics in the Marketplace; Introduction to Product Streams; Automation in the Factory; Variation in Dynamic Systems; The Statistical Meaning of Profitable Manufacturing; In Praise of Simplicity; Organizations for Real-Time Decision Making; Next-Generation Manufacturing and the Virtual Reality Plant; Industrial Engineers and Intelligent Machines