Hostname: page-component-586b7cd67f-tf8b9 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-27T13:47:21.586Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Introduction to the special FMS issue

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

Paul G. Ranky
Affiliation:
Industrial Technology Institute, College of Engineering, University of Michigan, P.O. Box 1485, Ann Arbor, MI48106 (USA) (Previously with Trent Polytechnic, Nottingham, UK)
Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Extract

Core share and HTML view are not available for this content. However, as you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button.

It is pleasant to realise that every leading institution and manufacturing company in the world is dealing with some aspects of flexible automation, because many researchers and managers in industry have found that the concept of designing and making goods and products on order, rather than for stock, is the key issue in order to cut down manufacturing costs and lead time, and eventually to stay in business in the future.

Type
Introduction to Special Issue
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985