Shop Floor Control - A Systems Perspective

Eric Scherer

ISBN 10: 3642643493 / ISBN 13: 9783642643491

Published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Springer Gabler Sep 2011, 2011

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This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Shop floor control and namely the problem of job shop scheduling have been fields of research for a long time. However, until now no comprehensive framework on the various aspects exists. This book will provide a systems perspective towards shop floor control by stressing its sociotechnical and cybernetical nature. It focuses on the behavioral aspects of control activities and sees the shop floor as the center of value-adding manufacturing activities within an enterprise. The book enables the reader to understand the interaction of organization, information technology and human resources. This eventually allows to achieve holistic and agile solutions and facilitates profound organizational change. The book will therefore provide a welcome addition to several standard textbooks on the issue.Springer-Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 412 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Shop Floor Control - A Systems Perspective
• Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Springer Gabler Sep 2011
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3642643493
• ISBN 13: 9783642643491
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 242W x 170H x 23D millimeters 242 millimeters width by 170 millimeters height by 23 millimeters depth
• Weight: 702 grams

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Shop floor control and namely the problem of job shop scheduling have been fields of research for a long time. However, until now no comprehensive framework on the various aspects exists. This book will provide a systems perspective towards shop floor control by stressing its sociotechnical and cybernetical nature. It focuses on the behavioral aspects of control activities and sees the shop floor as the center of value-adding manufacturing activities within an enterprise. The book enables the reader to understand the interaction of organization, information technology and human resources. This eventually allows to achieve holistic and agile solutions and facilitates profound organizational change. The book will therefore provide a welcome addition to several standard textbooks on the issue.