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Flexible Manufacturing Systems: Planning Issues and Solutions (Studies on Industrial Productivity: Selected Works) - Softcover

Book 7 of 20: Studies on Industrial Productivity: Selected Works

Mohamed, Zubair M.

 
9781138314894: Flexible Manufacturing Systems: Planning Issues and Solutions (Studies on Industrial Productivity: Selected Works)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1138314897 ISBN 13: 9781138314894
Publisher: Routledge, 2020

Synopsis

Originally published in 1994 this book undertakes a comprehensive study dealing with the effects of machine flexibility, tool magazine capacity, varying production demands and different oeprating policies on the production planning problems. Performance measures such as FMS flexibility, makespan and inventory are used in evaluating the effects. Three measures of FMS flexibility - actual routing flexibility, potential routing flexibility and capacity flexibility are defined and operationalized.

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About the Author

Dr. Mohamed was born in Bangalore, India and did his undergraduate education in Mechanical Engineering from B.M.S. College of Engineering, Bangalore, India in 1979. Just before graduation he was hired by Widia (India) Ltd. as Technical Engineer and worked for them till December 1983.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138314897
ISBN 13 
9781138314894
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
192