Richard E. Gustavson Production Systems Engineering: Cost and Performance Optimization

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Optimize Economic and Technological Requirements in Production System Designs This pioneering work offers proven techniques, partially created and developed at The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, for determining optimal resource allocation and cost-effective production system designs for today's any-volume manufacturing environments. Production Systems Engineering presents a unique methodology that synthesizes applicable technology with economic requirements for an integrated solution. Featuring real-world case studies, this authoritative resource establishes a new paradigm for the manufacturing world that can also be applied to other enterprise environments.Coverage includes: Determining an improved manufacturing system design methodSystem design basics, time allocation, resources, costs, and quality ratingStochastic analyses added to deterministic resultsSystem configuration optionsMultiple disparate products produced by one systemWorld class versus mostly manual systemsDetermining allowable investmentSimultaneous improvement in yield and cycle-time