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Production Research on Aircraft*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2016

L. E. Bunnett
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Extract

In choosing a title for this paper, the words “ operational research ” might have been preferable to “ production research ” in the sense that “ operations ” refer to the strategic deployment of all the forces at the disposal of management, but to most engineers they would imply research into manufacturing processes only.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 56 , Issue 495 , March 1952 , pp. 179 - 188
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1952

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Footnotes

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A Lecture given to the Graduates’ and Students’ Section on 6th November 1951. Mr. Bunnett is an Assistant Director in the Ministry of Supply.

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