1. Manufacturing Flexibility.
- Author
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Fazio Maruca, Regina
- Subjects
COMPUTER integrated manufacturing systems ,ADAPTABILITY (Personality) ,AUTOMATION ,MANUFACTURING industries ,INDUSTRIAL management ,PAPER industry ,INDUSTRIAL research ,FACTORY management ,INDUSTRIAL productivity - Abstract
This article reports on a study of computerized factories in North America. The author, of Harvard Business School, focused on 60 plants in the fine-paper industry. His study concluded that computerization has made factories more rigid, and that a correlation exists between the level of computerization and the flexibility of the plant to shift from one product to another or to produce a range of products. The research indicates that flexibility is influenced by factors such as workers and their industry experience.
- Published
- 1993