Integrated Manufacturing Systems: Volume 2 Issue 2
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Issues on Manufacturing Flexibility
Chaiho KimThe term “flexibility” is extensively used inmanufacturing literature and yet very loosely defined. Sometimes it isused to characterise a manufacturer′s strategic intention and…
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Computer Technology and International Competition: Part 2: Managing the “Factory of the Future” to Achieve Competitive Advantage
Joel D. Goldhar, Theodore W. SchlieIncreased flexibility is discussed as the key to competitiveadvantage in the CIM factory. The treatment begins with the customer andworks backwards to show how CIM technology…
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A New Paradigm for the Organisation of Manufacturing
Stuart Smith, David Tranfield, Clive Ley, John Bessant, Paul LevyThe article argues that many of the difficulties encountered inexploiting computer‐integrated technologies result from their beingimplemented as part of an attempt to change from…
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