Integrated Manufacturing Systems: Volume 6 Issue 6
Table of contents
Computer‐integrated manufacturing assembly system design
Michael M. Nkasu, Kwan Hung LeungDescribes a systematic procedure for the design of a manufacturingassembly system, which has been developed in response to the problemsassociated with the allocation of tasks to…
Subcontractors, JIT and kanbans: a brief review of spring manufacturing in Japan and South Korea
John B. KiddIt is widely believed that JIT processes are a fundamentalnecessity for a business and, as a consequence, for the product chainalso. Thus JIT should be extended to subcontractors…
Workshops for improving manufacturing effectiveness
Vic GilgeousOutlines the scope and application of three workshops and theirparticular uses in the manufacturing environment. Describes the approachtaken in each of three workshops designed to…
A proposed structure for distributed shopfloor control
Thomas J. Crowe, Edward J. StahlmanDiscusses the movement away from hierarchical organizationalstructures towards flatter, heterarchical, structures which is reflectedin the growing interest in distributed…
Manufacturing classification: Lessons from organizational systematics and biological taxonomy
Ian McCarthyProvides a fresh and novel approach to an established problem; theclassification of manufacturing systems. Reviews existing manufacturingclassifications and biological taxonomy…