.... Automation Flexible manufacturing systems Advanced manufacturing technologies Decision making Operations management Advanced manufacturing systems (AMSs) allow companies operating in highly dynamic and competitive industries to acquire manufacturing flexibility; i.e. the ability to react fast...

...Christos Koulamas Presents a dynamic programming model for studying the effects of automation acquisition on the value, cost, and quality control processes in an aggregate single product environment. The model provides the optimal automation acquisition policy, that is the optimal amount...

...Paul Walley; Viresh Amin Service industries, contrary to popular opinion, can have a high level of investment in automation and technology, but most attention focuses on back office technology. Investigates the use of automation in the customer contact environment in order to examine the role...

... of running parts in a straight line through work stations. © MCB UP Limited 1994 Automation Computer‐integrated manufacturing Factories Flexible manufacturing systems Machine tools Organizational change Productivity Increasing global competition has made many business leaders...

.... The emphasis is made on forecasting, product design, facilities layout and automation, work measurement, inventory management, and quality control. Based on this analysis, presents some recommendations for improving operations management in the former Soviet Union. One of these is a great concentration...

...Subhashish Samaddar; Arun Rai At the heart of successful automated manufacturing systems lies the idea of effective integration of various functions. In any sizeable application of a Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) system, an enormous amount of complex data needs to be logically integrated...

...Julio Jimenez; Angel Martinez; Luis Navarro; Yolanda Polo; Luis Tomas Studies the process of implementing industrial robots in Spanish industry. Most of the firms surveyed already had experience of automation and used the first robot to gain experience of this new technology. The training...

... marketplace. © MCB UP Limited 1991 Automation Competitive strategy Computer‐integrated manufacturing Manufacturing industry Technology Computer-integrated Manufacturing (CIM): Redefining the Manufacturing Firm into a Global Service Business Computerintegrated Manufacturing 5 David Lei...

... are discussed. The basic process involves matching the capabilities and limitations of the particular human or automated system with the requirements imposed by the manufacturing operation. This process can range from a global,systems approach down to the delineation of specific capabilities of humans...

...‐based automated process planning systems. A generalised framework for expert process planning systems is proposed and prospective research issues are discussed. Artificial Intelligence Automation Manufacturing Process Engineering Process Planning The Use of Artificial Intelligence in Process...

... utilisation. Although the results obtained are related to the specific FMS layout studied in this paper, it is believed that the inferences drawn from them are applicable to any FMS with similar layout structure and can provide useful guidelines for AGV design. © MCB UP Limited 1987 Automation...