Manufacturing technology policy and deployment of processing innovations John E. Ettlie I. Strategic, Economic And Flexibility Aspects Pages: 1 - 20
Rigid and flexible automation for manufacturing systems: Characterizing economically-reasonable investments Michael C. Burstein I. Strategic, Economic And Flexibility Aspects Pages: 21 - 35
The acquisition of new technology and its impact on a firm's competitive position Cheryl Gaimon I. Strategic, Economic And Flexibility Aspects Pages: 37 - 63
Measurement of loading and operations flexibility in flexible manufacturing systems: An information-theoretic approach Vinod Kumar I. Strategic, Economic And Flexibility Aspects Pages: 65 - 80
Design rules of flexible assembly and inspection cells Paul G. Ranky II. Design Problems Pages: 81 - 109
Espfas — A prototype expert system for technological planning in robot-based flexible assembly systems K. TierneyR. BowdenJ. Browne II. Design Problems Pages: 111 - 130
Stochastic design optimization of asynchronous flexible assembly systems Chih-Ming LiuJerry L. Sanders II. Design Problems Pages: 131 - 154
Allocating a joint setup in a multi-cell system David D. YaoJ. George Shanthikumar II. Design Problems Pages: 155 - 167
Impact of flexible machines on automated manufacturing systems J. A. BuzacottDiwakar GUPTA II. Design Problems Pages: 169 - 205
An efficient method to determine the optimal configuration of a flexible manufacturing system Yves DalleryYannick Frein II. Design Problems Pages: 207 - 225
Machine utilizations achieved using balanced FMS production ratios in a simulated setting Thomas J. SchriberKathryn E. Stecke III. Production Planning Pages: 227 - 267
Integrated production scheduling in large-scale flexible electronic parts manufacturing Javad H. AhmadiAgha Iqbal ALI III. Production Planning Pages: 269 - 287
Optimal dynamic routing in Flexible Manufacturing Systems with limited buffers Abraham Seidmann IV. Scheduling And Control Aspects Pages: 289 - 311
A supervisory control paradigm for real-time control of flexible manufacturing systems Jane C. AmmonsT. GovindarajChristine M. Mitchell IV. Scheduling And Control Aspects Pages: 313 - 335
Scheduling flexible machining and assembly systems Andrew Kusiak IV. Scheduling And Control Aspects Pages: 337 - 352
A pattern-directed approach to FMS scheduling Michael J. Shaw IV. Scheduling And Control Aspects Pages: 353 - 376
