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Optimal Design of Flexible Manufacturing Systems

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  • © 1990

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Authors:
  1. Ulrich A. W. Tetzlaff

    1. Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, USA

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Part of the book series: Contributions to Management Science (MANAGEMENT SC.)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Overview

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      Pages 3-5

    3. Flexible manufacturing systems

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      Pages 5-11

    4. Planning problems of flexible manufacturing systems

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      Pages 11-14

  3. Analyzing the Design Process

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
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    2. The design process

      • Ulrich A. W. Tetzlaff
      Pages 17-22

    3. A concept for the design process

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      Pages 22-26

  4. Tools and Models

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-27
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    2. Tools for the design process

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      Pages 29-51

    3. Modelling the basic planning stage

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      Pages 51-62

    4. Models for the optimal design of flexible manufacturing systems

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      Pages 62-163

    5. Conclusions and directions for further research

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      Pages 163-166

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 166-190
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About this book

Flexible manufacturing systems are complex production systems with considerable high investment costs. This book intends to show the reader how the design of such a system can be optimized. Thereby it addresses the academic world in management science and industrial engineering as well as system planners in industry. First the design problems are analysed in detail and a planning concept is presented. Afterwards possible tools for the design process are described, as there are: mathematical programming, queueing networks, computer simulation, perturbation analysis, petri nets, group technology, and knowledge based systems. The major part of the book, however, concerns the description of existing optimization models based on mathematical programming. Each model is explained and discussed in detail and for new models, developed by the author, numerical examples are given. Finally some distinct guidelines are presented which help the system planners to select the appropriate model for their planning problems.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, USA

    Ulrich A. W. Tetzlaff

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Optimal Design of Flexible Manufacturing Systems

  • Authors: Ulrich A. W. Tetzlaff

  • Series Title: Contributions to Management Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-50317-7

  • Publisher: Physica Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-7908-0516-1Published: 10 December 1990

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-50317-7Published: 09 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1431-1941

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-716X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 190

  • Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Operations Management, Operations Research/Decision Theory, Organization

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