... Fuzzy TOPSIS multiple criteria decision-making technique is explained and applied to determine relative importance of the several decision criteria of FMS. This will help management of organizations in taking decision for implementing FMS in their organizations. From this study, it is found...

.... enterprise) applies an autonomous method for operations management, and detailed production scheduling is performed individually for each plant. A local supply network is usually based on partnership. In the industrial cluster, there are transport operations with a relatively short time, smaller number...

...Gustavo A.C. Guzmán This paper examines a new model of production in a developing nation, the Electronics Contract Manufacturing Industry. It explores issues related to manufacturing management, competence building, organisation and implementation of manufacturing best practice. It argues...

... process. The emergence of international standards for environmental management, such as the ISO 14000 series, has also created a strong incentive for manufacturers to promote environmentally conscious products and processes. Considerable progress has been made in design for the environment (DFE). However...

... automation to total manufacturing outlay (Parthasarthy and Sethi, 1992); 2. 2 number of years in use of advanced manufacturing technology (Gupta, 1995); 3. 3 percentage of employees in an organization using AMT (Gupta, 1995). Manufacturing strategy Management Technology Model...

...P.W. Prickett This paper describes work undertaken to support an integrated approach to the autonomous maintenance management of machine tools and flexible manufacturing systems. The work described was initiated as part of a collaborative research project, funded under the European Community Eureka...

... under consideration; it is the reason customers buy the products/services offered by the enterprise. In smaller companies clarity here can require workshop/interview activities with the senior management to build a coherent, high‐level common view. The critical enterprise success factors are what...

... is an internally applied activity, it is positioned inside the internal task in the second stage of the model alongside the other elements of demand flow control that are independent of the planning/scheduling system. The main independent elements of the demand flow model are: data management (bills...

...Angel Martinez Sanchez Studies some of the factors that played a role in Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMS) implementation management in Spanish industry. Increases in production, flexibility and technical experience, and improved safety and working conditions, were considered the three main...