The author details efforts to launch manufacturing cells and teamwork in the machining department of an engineering company. The findings of a 4-year follow-up to evaluate the implementation of a new mode of work organization and new practices are presented. The development of the new cell and team-
‘Engineer to order’ companies: how to integrate manufacturing and innovative processes
✍ Scribed by F Caron; A Fiore
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 988 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0263-7863
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