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

Table of Contents
1. Finding a Better Method for Manufacturing System Design
2. Results from Initial Studies
3. Real-World Applications Lead to Enhanced Understanding
4. Stochastic Analyses Added to Deterministic Results
5. Initial Look at System Configurations
6. Multiple Disparate Products Produced by One System
7. World-Class Versus Mostly Manual Systems
Appendices
A. Determining Allowable Investment
B. Economic–Technological Synthesis of Systems
C. Establishing Task Data for Assembly Systems
D. Simultaneous Improvement in Yield and Cycle-Time
E. Two Case Study Summaries
F. Advanced System Design Procedure