| Contents: |
| Introduction. An FMC Strategy Begins with the Customers. Making FMCs Pay Their Way. Assessing the Organization Impacts. FMC Project Organization. Macro Facility Planning. Conceptual Development of an FMC. Evaluation Alternative FMCs. Selling the Concept to Top Management. Applying Technology. Material Handling and Storage. Industrial Robots: Steel-Collar Workers in Flexible Manufacturing. Quality. Control Systems. Conducting Detail Design. Equipment Specification and Requests for Proposals. The Vendor Selection Process. Installing FMCs. Auditing Cell Performance. Upgrading FMCs Into FMSs and CIM Systems. Future Trends for FMCs. Case Studies in Cellular Manufacturing. |
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| Making Manufacturing Cells Work |
| Published by SME, edited by L. Nyman 388pp - hardcover - 1992, ISBN: 0070479771 |
| Based on over ten years of hands-on cell planning and installation worldwide by Ingersoll Engineers, this book analyzes FMC conceptual development, implementation, integration and future trends. Chapters include: FMC Project Organization, Macro Facility Planning, Evaluating Alternative FMCs, Selling FMC Concepts to Top Management, Material Handling, Robot Applications, Quality Control Systems, Conducting Detail Design, Equipment Specifications, Vendor Selection, Auditing Cell Performance. |
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