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Volume 84, Issue 5-6
1 May 1984
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Review Article| May 01 1984

FMS — The Way Ahead for Batch Production Available to Purchase

John Hender
John Hender
Technical Director, Elgar‐PMT Machine Tools Ltd
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-5783
Print ISSN: 0263-5577
© MCB UP Limited
1984
Industrial Management & Data Systems (1984) 84 (5-6): 21–23.
https://doi.org/10.1108/eb057363

As a discussion of Flexible Manufacturing Systems and their implications for British industry, the advantages of FMS are described and particular systems are examined.

Keywords:
Batch Production, Automation, Production Management
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1984
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