Based on over ten years of hands-on cell planning and installation worldwide by Ingersoll Engineers, this book analyzes FMC conceptual development, implementation, integration and future trends. Chapters include: FMC Project Organization, Macro Facility Planning, Evaluating Alternative FMCs, Selling FMC Concepts to Top Management, Material Handling, Robot Applications, Quality Control Systems, Conducting Detail Design, Equipment Specification, Vendor Selection, Auditing Cell Performance
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1 : An FMC Strategy Begins with The Customer
Chapter 2 : Making FMCs Pay Their Way
Chapter 3 : Assessing The Organization Impacts
Chapter 4 : FMC Project Organization
Chapter 5 : Macro Facility Planning
Chapter 6 : Conceptual Development of An FMC
Chapter 7 : Evaluating Alternative FMCs
Chapter 8 : Selling The Concept to Top Management
Chapter 9 : Applying Technology
Chapter 10 : Material Handling and Storage
Chapter 11 : Industrial Robots : Steel-Collar Workers in Flexible Manufacturing
Chapter 12 : Quality
Chapter 13 : Control Systems
Chapter 14 : Conducting Detail Design
Chapter 15 : Equipment Specification and Requests for Proposals
Chapter 16 : The Vendor Selection Process
Chapter 17 : Installing FMCs
Chapter 18 : Auditing Cell Performance
Chapter 19 : Upgrading FMCs Into FMSs and CIM Systems
Chapter 20 : Future Trends for FMCs
Chapter 21 : Case Studies in Cellular Manufacturing
Index
