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Introduction to the special FMS issue

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

Paul G. Ranky
Paul G. Ranky
Affiliation:
Industrial Technology Institute, College of Engineering, University of Michigan, P.O. Box 1485, Ann Arbor, MI48106 (USA) (Previously with Trent Polytechnic, Nottingham, UK)
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It is pleasant to realise that every leading institution and manufacturing company in the world is dealing with some aspects of flexible automation, because many researchers and managers in industry have found that the concept of designing and making goods and products on order, rather than for stock, is the key issue in order to cut down manufacturing costs and lead time, and eventually to stay in business in the future.

Type
Introduction to Special Issue
Information
Robotica , Volume 3 , Issue 4 , October 1985 , pp. 203 - 204
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985