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The factory of the future is going to take on the characteristics of a service company and thus calls for basic changes in production philosophy. The author points out that by division and simplification of labor an increase in productivity is limited because of structures with time-and cost-consuming interfaces. Markets and competition require new strategies and a rethinking in the conception of new production systems.
These representations are followed by these and pictorial informations concerning the state of the art in flexible manufacturing and automation.
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Warnecke, H.J., Schraft, R.D. Changes in manufacturing strategies…. KSME Journal 1, 74–80 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02953382
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02953382