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Original Articles

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS

Implementing an Automated Factory

Pages 44-47 | Published online: 29 Oct 2007
 

Abstract

Many existing manufacturing facilities and production methods, unable to satisfy global market needs, have become obsolete. Today's marketplace demands a form of manufacturing that is completely different from traditional operational batch manufacturing systems. More plant managers are accepting and implementing new technologies known as flexible manufacturing systems (FMSs).

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Notes on contributors

Mohsen Attaran

MOHSENATTARAN is a professor and the chairperson of the management department at California State University, Bakersfield.

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