Production Development Design and Operation of Production Systems /

• Main Authors: Bellgran, Monica (Author), Säfsten, Kristina (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2010.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Engineering economics.; Engineering economy.; Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.

The need for developing the area of industrial production is greater than ever, both for individual manufacturing companies and for national industries as a whole in the fight to maintain competitiveness in a global market. Outsourcing is not the only answer to the question of how to reduce product...

Table of Contents:

• Production Development over Time
• Production System
• From Business Plans to Production
• Production System Development
• Production System Development in Theory
• Planning and Preparation for Efficient Development
• Preparatory Design of Production Systems
• Design and Evaluation of Production Systems
• From System Solution to Production System in Operation
• Production System Performance
• The Art of Avoiding Production Disturbances
• Production Development in the Future.