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Flexible Automation in Developing Countries
Author | : Ludovico Alcorta |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 667 |
Release | : 2003-09-02 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1134653557 |
This book examines the extent of, and motives for, the diffusion of flexible automation (FA) at global level and then turns to the local and firm level, bringing together in-depth studies of sixty-two firms in Brazil, India, Mexico, Thailand, Turkey and Venezuela. Research focuses on the impact of computer-numerically-controlled machine tools on scale and scope by exploring changes in lot sizes and product variety (product scale and scope), total plant output (plant scale) and total firm output (firm scale). Barriers to setting up FA-based operations are discussed, as are factors which may affect a decision to locate in a developing country. The contributed studies reveal a relatively slow diffusion of FA in developing countries and it is demonstrated that while FA possibly increases scope, it also requires that plant output be increased in order to maintain efficiency. Alcorta concludes that the location in developing countries will probably only be viable for large domestic firms, multinationals seeking to relocate simple but labour intensive assembly processes and firms in countries with significant domestic markets. This work is unique in addressing the scale and scope issues in developing countries and in the wealth of information regarding machine tools which it provides. The data provided in the appendix includes official United Nations data, previously unpublished. This will be of use for all research into trends in the use of machine tools.
Flexible Automation and Integrated Manufacturing 1993
Author | : M Ahmad |
Publisher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 1074 |
Release | : 1993-09-21 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 9780849301544 |
Proceedings of the Flexible Automation and Integrated Manufacturing Conference held in Limerick, Ireland, in June 1993
U.S. Manufacturing
Author | : Thomas J. Duesterberg |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2003-09-30 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0313093881 |
Evolving rapidly from a mass-produced product orientation to a flexible, solutions-oriented model, the changing manufacturing sector is poised to lead a global economic recovery. Truly an insider's guide to the future of this critical sector, this book provides policy recommendations based on a wealth of information. Despite the appearance of difficult economic times for U.S. manufacturing, that sector of the American economy is actually the most innovative and competitive in the world. Far from being confined to the tired stereotype of Industrial Age commodities, such as steel and mass-produced consumer products, U.S. manufacturing has long been an engine for growth. In the 1990s, this central role was strengthened as new technology development and application spurred higher levels of growth throughout the economy. In its present configuration, manufacturing includes such high-tech industries as fiberoptics and microchips. Globalization has accelerated the growth of the manufacturing sector by increasing competitive pressures to cut costs and develop new products faster, spreading out the fixed costs of R&D and investment. Truly an insider's guide to the future of this critical sector, this book provides policy recommendations based on a wealth of information. Evolving rapidly from a mass-produced product orientation to a flexible, solutions-oriented model, the changing manufacturing sector is poised to lead a global economic recovery. But it can do so only if the right policies are in place in the United States. To that end, the editors of this volume recommend fiscal and tort reform, higher educational achievement, and continued deregulation. At the international level, further trade liberalization and steps to reduce the trade deficit are recommended to ensure the staying power of U.S. competitiveness, particularly for technology-intensive industries.
New Technologies, Flexible Automation, Work Organisation and Employment in Manufacturing
Author | : John Humphrey |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 102 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Employment (Economic theory) |
ISBN | : |
Industrial Assembly
Author | : Shimon Y. Nof |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 510 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1461563933 |
Industrial Assembly is a rapidly changing field with significant importance in production. This book is the first of its kind to combine technology, design, methods, and planning and control models of assembly operations and systems. With the increasing importance of assembly in industry and of simultaneous engineering approaches, this timely publication provides: comprehensive coverage of technological, engineering, and management aspects of this field; multi-disciplinary approaches to rationalization of assembly operations and systems; explanation of qualitative models, information technologies, and design techniques, which have been practised effectively in industrial assembly; as well as theoretical foundations and emerging trends that shape the future of assembly.
The Transformation of Work?
Author | : Stephen Wood |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 2024-09-02 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1040100201 |
Originally published in 1989, and now reissued with a new preface by the editor, this interdisciplinary study brings together an internationally distinguished group of scholars to shed light about work organization and the effects of new management methods and technologies. The book gives an incisive account of changes in work organization and relations during the latter part of the 20th Century. Accessible and comprehensive, it will be of interest to those in the sociology of work, industrial relations, organization theory, economics, geography and management
Technology and Innovation in the International Economy
Author | : Charles Cooper |
Publisher | : United Nations University Press |
Total Pages | : 266 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Technological innovations |
ISBN | : 9781858980270 |
The two major review essays - Jeffrey James on microelectronic technology and Martin Fransman on biotechnology - assess the impact of these new technologies on production, trade, employment and welfare in developing countries.