... evidence that there is a sandcone effect. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Manufacturing Operations management Globalization Machine tools Textiles A number of groups have been independently collecting and analyzing empirical data on manufacturing practices. For example, the Boston Roundtable...

... on surveys carried out in the machine tool industries in the UK and China to establish the differences and similarities between owners and acquirers of technology regarding the relative importance of the factors they evaluate, and the assessments they make, when considering a technology transfer. It also...

... with higher productivity and quality. FMSs are, therefore, expected to be of great significance over the years to come. FMS focuses attention on the manufacturing firm at its strategic level. Describes the state‐of‐the‐art of the Indian machine tool industry and the scope for FMS. Continues with a review...

... and related equipment brought together to process a group or family of parts completely and includes the following primary and secondary components for a complete FMS: Primary components: Machine tools. A material‐handling system. A supervisory computer control network...

...Alexander Ardishvili; Arthur V. Hill Seeks to identify and compare the production planning and control practices in the small machine tool and non‐fashion textile industries in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). The survey results provide valuable background information for researchers...

...Scott T. Young; K. Kern Kwong; Cheng Li; Wing Fok Describes the manufacturing strategy implications of a two‐industry study of manufacturing practices. A research team administered questionnaires to managers in the machine tools and textiles industries in China, Japan, Korea, the USA and Western...