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Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to study the effect of selected scheduling dispatching rules on the performance of an actual CIM system using different performance measures and to compare the results with the literature. Design/methodology/approach: To achieve this objective, a computer...
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We analyze the long-run growth effects of automation in the canonical overlapping generations framework. While … automation implies constant returns to capital within this model class (even in the absence of technological progress), we show … that it does not have the potential to lead to positive long-growth. The reason is that automation suppresses wages, which …
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Flexible manufacturing system (FMS) readily addresses the dynamic needs of the customers in terms of variety and quality. At present, there is a need to produce a wide range of quality products in limited time span. On-time delivery of customers’ orders is critical in make-to-order (MTO)...
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This paper presents methods to determine the optimal transfer batch sizes of various part types between two machines so as to minimize the sum of the total relevant costs. Information required includes the expected production requirements, the operations' processing times, the travel times, the...
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