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Computer Control System in an Automobile Factory

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Toyota Production System

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An assembly line of automobiles consists of a body-welding process, a painting process, an assembly process, and a detection process. To control these processes, a centralized control system and a decentralized control system have been established. The following section discusses the problems of the former and the necessity of the latter.

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© 1994 Yasuhiro Monden

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Monden, Y. (1994). Computer Control System in an Automobile Factory. In: Toyota Production System. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9714-8_6

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