Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Book cover

Manufacturing Systems Design and Analysis

  • Book
  • © 1992

Overview

Authors:
  1. B. Wu

    1. Department of Manufacturing and Engineering Systems, Brunel University, Middlesex, UK

    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
    Download chapter PDF

  3. Manufacturing

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-71
      Download chapter PDF

    2. A conceptual model of a manufacturing system

      • B. Wu
      Pages 73-146

  4. Systems Engineering

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147
      Download chapter PDF

    2. The general systems approach to problem-solving

      • B. Wu
      Pages 149-192

    3. Computer simulation in manufacturing systems analysis

      • B. Wu
      Pages 193-299

  5. Manufacturing Systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 301-301
      Download chapter PDF

    2. A design and evaluation methodology of manufacturing systems

      • B. Wu
      Pages 303-364

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 365-421
    Download chapter PDF
Back to top

Keywords

About this book

A technological book is written and published for one of two reasons: it either renders some other book in the same field obsolete or breaks new ground in the sense that a gap is filled. The present book aims to do the latter. On my return from industry to an academic career, I started writing this book because I had seen that a gap existed. Although a great deal of information appeared in the published literature about various technical aspects of advanced manufacturing technology (AMT), surprisingly little had been written about the systems con­ text within which the sophisticated hardware and software of AMT are utilized to increase efficiency. Therefore, I have attempted in this book to show how structured approaches in the design and evaluation of modern manufacturing plant may be adopted, with the objective of improving the performance of the factory as a whole. I hope this book will be a contribution to the newly recognized, multidisciplinary engineering function known as manufacturing sys­ tems engineering. The text has been designed specifically to demonstrate the systems aspects of modern manufacturing operations, including: systems con­ cepts of manufacturing operation; manufacturing systems modelling and evalua­ tion; and the structured design of manufacturing systems~ One of the major difficulties associated with writing a text of this nature stems from the diversity of the topics involved. I have attempted to solve this problem by adopting an overall framework into which the relevant topics are fitted.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Manufacturing and Engineering Systems, Brunel University, Middlesex, UK

    B. Wu

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Manufacturing Systems Design and Analysis

  • Authors: B. Wu

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3128-5

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: B. Wu 1992

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-412-40840-3Published: 14 November 1991

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-3128-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 421

  • Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation