Flexible Manufacturing Systems: Recent Developments: Volume 23 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780444897985)

Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMS) involve substituting machines capable of performing a wide and redefinable variety of tasks for machines dedicated to the performance of specific tasks. FMS can also be programmed to handle new products, thus extending the machines' life cycles. Thus they represent a change from "standardized goods produced by customized machines" to "customized goods produced by standardized machines". This volume contains new and updated material in this field, and will be of great interest to researchers, managers and students concerned with problems related to flexible manufacturing systems.

Author: A. Raouf
ISBN-10: 0444897984
ISBN-13: 9780444897985
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Language: English
Published: 08/30/2005
Pages: 315
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75d