...G. Fozzard; J. Spragg; D. Tyler Presents research into the improvement of flow‐line assembly systems. Aims to understand and improve the design and control of manually intensive flow‐line assembly in the clothing industry. A simulation model of the progressive bundle system has been constructed...

...Timothy G. Clapp; Trevor J. Little; Theresa M. Thiel; Dianna J. Vass Reports research into developing the ability to sense characteristic information about fabric/machine interactions for real‐time control of the industrial sewing process. The sewing system under investigation was equipped...

...M. Govindaraj; B. Chen; J. Koechling Deals with the development of a control system for fabric pick‐and‐place operators based on the Clupicker device. Fabric mechanical properties are analysed for their influence on the motions performed in picking up fabric pieces from a stack. The performance...

... can be easily understood and lead to swift evaluation of that plan. The set contains about 70 metrics which the manager is free to interpret according to his/her operational goals. © MCB UP Limited 1991 Clothing Industry Control Performance Measurement Production Management Simulation...