Table of contents
The Need for a Systems View of Production Management
John SharpComputer production management systems are far more common thanthey were even five years ago, as a result of reductions in the costs ofcomputer hardware and the growing use of…
AMT Investment in the Larger UK Firm
Richard Pike, John Sharp, David PriceA survey of investment in new production technology and specificAMT techniques in larger UK firms are described. Though the majority ofthe responding firms were in the…
CIM and the Integration of Users, Vendors and Educators
David RhodesThe case is argued for a coherent, conceptual framework foroperations management practice, system design and education. Theframework described here is concise. It is defined by…
OPTimising Production′s Potential
Malcolm WheatleyOPT has attracted considerable interest in recent years.Essentially it revolves around a philosophy of identifying thebottlenecks in a production system and minimising their…
Control Engineering Concepts as a Guide to Improved Production Control: A Make‐for‐Stock Case
David PriceThree changes in the rules used to control a manufacturing unit,which were suggested by simple control engineering concepts, have beenexamined. A model of an actual make‐for‐stock…
What MAP Means to the Production Manager
Denis SaundersThe implications of Manufacturing Automation Protocol (MAP) areexamined from the perspective of the production manager. Due to the sizeof the financial investment required and the…
Computer Integrated Manufacturing as a Two‐edged Sword
Mark Ebers, Manfred LiebThe favourable prospects of computer integrated manufacturing (CIM)are widely recognised. Based on a case study and relevant literaturesome of the risks associated with CIM are…
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Dr Tobias Schoenherr
- Prof. Constantin Blome
- Robert D. Klassen