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Agile manufacturing is defined as the capability of surviving and prospering in a competitive environment of continuous and unpredictable change by reacting quickly and effectively to changing markets, driven by customer-designed products and services. Critical to successfully accomplishing AM are a...
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Elsevier,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford ; New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2001. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780080435671 |
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Agile manufacturing is defined as the capability of surviving and prospering in a competitive environment of continuous and unpredictable change by reacting quickly and effectively to changing markets, driven by customer-designed products and services. Critical to successfully accomplishing AM are a few enabling technologies such as the standard for the exchange of products (STEP), concurrent engineering, virtual manufacturing, component-based hierarchical shop floor control system, information and communication infrastructure, etc. The scope of the book is to present the undergraduate and g |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (x, 810 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780080435671 008043567X 9780080526881 0080526888 |
| Index Number: | TS155 |
| CLC: | TH165 |
| Contents: | Preface. Introduction to Agile Manufacturing. Design and Development of Agile Manufacturing Systems. Information Technology/Systems in Agile Manufacturing. Supply Chain Management in Agile Manufacturing. Operations of Agile Manufacturing Systems. Strategic Approach for Agile Manufacturing. Author Index. |