Proceedings of the First National Conference on Production Research
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by P.F. McGoldrick.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Boston, MA
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Springer US : Imprint : Springer
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1986
CONTENTS NOTE
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Production Planning and Control --;Work Scheduling in Flexible Manufacturing Systems under Tool Availability Constraints --;Material Requirements Planning Packages: An Evaluation --;MRP II: Road to Success or Ruin? --;Production and Inventory Control: Effect of Sales Promotion --;JIT with Symphony --;Proved Sequence Planning --;Cutting-Pattern Enumeration on a Microcomputer: A Case Study --;Computer Integrated Manufacture --;Evolutionary Design of Computer-Integrated Manufacturing Systems --;A CIM System for Foundries --;Computer-Aided Design of Form-Rolls --;Computer-Integrated Manufacture for Cold Roll Forming --;Software Structures for Computer-Integrated Manufacture --;Cell Manufacture --;A Solution to Machine Group Analysis Employing Auxiliary Cell Formation --;A Methodology for Forming Group Technology Cells in Advanced Manufacturing Systems --;Flexibility in the Design and Application of Component Coding and Classification Systems --;Assembly --;Flexible Assembly Cell Design --;Automatic Rotary Table Assembly Machines --;Prediction Techniques for Output Rates and Efficiency Levels --;Automatic Rotary Table Assembly Machines --;Delay and Make Right or Combine and Reject --;Quality and Measurement --;The Way Forward from Statistical Process Control --;Establishing Effect of Machine Tool Errors on Accuracy of Turned Components --;Implementation of Quality-Assurance Systems in Small Companies --;The Surface Topography Produced by Deep Drilling Operations --;A Microcomputer-Based Quality Control Monitor for a High-Speed Cold-Heading Machine --;Simulation --;Manufacturing Cell Machine/Manning Performance Simulation by Using CAPS/ECSL --;Computer-Assisted Digital Simulation of an FMS by Using Graphics --;Simulation Improves Short-Term Planning in Large-Batch Manufacturing Industry --;Development of FMS Operations Procedures with Simulation --;Simulation Model of the Plunge Centreless Grinding Process --;Robotics --;Robot Applications Research for the Aerospace Industry --;Ultrasonic Sensors for Industrial Robots --;Industrial Application of Pneumatic Servo-Controlled Modular Robots --;A Voice-Controlled Planar Robot --;Local Area Network Link for Robots --;WRAPS System: A Tool for Welding Robot Adaptive Programming and Simulation --;A CAD/CAM System for Complex Path Trajectory Generation for a Robot --;Supervisory Control of Single Axis Controllers for Modular Robotic Systems Using a Serial Interface --;Feasibility Study into Use of Laser Scanning Measuring Device and Robot as Flexible Inspection Station --;Teaching and Training --;Integration of New Technology with the Aid of Educational and Training Videos --;A Flexible Manufacturing Facility for Teaching and Development of Advanced Manufacturing Techniques --;Low Cost Control for a Flexible Manufacturing Cell --;Linking Computer-Based Instruction and Simulators: Adjunct Training --;Design --;The Computer-Aided Design of Production Tooling --;A Morphological Approach to Machine System Design --;Factors Influencing Gripping Capacity of Chuck Jaws --;Materials --;Effect of Martempering on Thermal Stress and Strain --;PEEK as a Bearing Material --;Surface Modification of Materials --;Fabrication of Fibre-Reinforced Aluminium Alloy-Matrix Composites --;Evaluation of Pressure Die Castings Produced in a Graphitic Hypereutectic Aluminium --;Silicon Alloy --;Processes --;Enhancement of a Hydraulic Press for Research into Metal Forming --;Electrochemical Machining of Orthopaedic Components --;Avoidance of Macro Surface Defects in Electrochemical Machining (ECM) of Steel Workpieces --;Automation in Plastics Manufacturing: A Review of Current Developments --;Production Costing --;Economic Advantages of Group Assembly --;A Comparison Between the Operating Costs and Characteristics of Flexible Manufacturing Systems and Conventional Manufacture --;Microcomputer Spreadsheets: A New Concept in Decision Making --;An Artless Attempt to Collect Quality-Related Costs --;Aspects of Life-Cycle Costs of an Asset --;Technology Change --;Managing Engineering Change --;Impact of NC Machinery on Manufacturing Industry --;Difficulties in Implementing Advanced Manufacturing Technology in Small Manufacturing Companies --;Work Design --;A Comparative Study of the Lateral Work Activities of Three Production Managers in the UK Manufacturing Industry and the Implications for Training Production Managers --;Manufacturing System Performance and Management in some Scottish Electronics Companies --;Organizational Choice in Work Design --;Ergonomic Design of Industrial Sewing Machines --;Process Planning --;A System to Aid Design by Planning Manufacturing Operations --;A Microcomputer-Aided Interactive Process Planning and Estimation System for Use in a Jobbing Foundry --;Process Specification for Flexible Manufacture.