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The pressure of increasing competition together with the development of new technologies has forced widespread changes in manufacturing methodologies. Manufacturers have to compete within international markets in addition to the local markets in which they previously operated. As a result manufacturing has had to abandon more traditional approaches and apply more suitable engineering and business techniques. This volume presents material on modern management and control methodologies. Topics covered include: shop-floor scheduling; shop controller managers design; decision support; adaptive control; automatic supervision; balanced automation; and collaborative manufacturing. It provides examples of modern manufacturing systems and provides techniques that are readily applicable in real situations.

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