The content and process of automation strategies

• If automation is to support the competitiveness for a manufacturing company, strategic as well as operational issues need consideration. To best support competitiveness, decisions concerning automation should be treated as one of several decisions in a manufacturing strategy. Furthermore, to fully utilise the advantages from automation, the manufacturing strategy content and process needs refinement. In this paper improvement of the manufacturing strategy theory is suggested, mainly based on employment of human factors engineering.

Ämnesord

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Maskinteknik -- Produktionsteknik, arbetsvetenskap och ergonomi (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Mechanical Engineering -- Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics (hsv//eng)

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Maskinteknik -- Annan maskinteknik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Mechanical Engineering -- Other Mechanical Engineering (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

semi-automated manufacturing systems

automation strategies

manufacturing strategy

content and process

Manufacturing engineering and work sciences

Produktion och arbetsvetenskap

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