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Volume 1, Issue 4
1 April 1990
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Integrated Manufacturing Systems
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C.B. Besant;
C.B. Besant
Imperial College of Science and Technology, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2BX, UK
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M. Ristic;
M. Ristic
Imperial College of Science and Technology, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2BX, UK
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P. Champ;
P. Champ
RDPT Technology Ltd., Unit 1C, Tideway Industrial Estate, Vauxhall, London SW8 5BP, UK
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E.P. Jansen;
E.P. Jansen
TU Delft, Julianalaan 132, 2628 BJ Delft, The Netherlands.
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R.A. Hancke;
R.A. Hancke
Imperial College of Science and Technology, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2BX, UK
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L. Hatziconstantis
L. Hatziconstantis
Imperial College of Science and Technology, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2BX, UK
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-583X
Print ISSN: 0957-6061
© MCB UP Limited
1990
Integrated Manufacturing Systems (1990) 1 (4): 190–195.
https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000002073

Presents a distributed manufacturing system concept designed to address the problem of flexibility in providing a variety of parts in small to medium batches. Discusses links with CADCAM hardware structure levels, software structure, and the human‐centred approach adopted. Surmises that the key to the distributed systems effectiveness lies in co‐ordination and co‐operation between the area and cell levels rather than information.

Keywords:
Batch production, CADCAM, Computer‐integrated manufacturing, Flexibility, FMS, Production planning and control
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