Midland Components Machine Shop

T. A. J. Nicholson

Chapter 5 in Managing Manufacturing Operations: Analysis and Discussion, 1978, pp 17-21 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The case provides a description of the classical production engineering context: metal cutting machines laid out in foremen areas, high skill, lots of work-in-progress, lots of paperwork, lots of introverted engineering tradition. This case illustrates a typical engineering service function forming part of a larger engineering enterprise. It demonstrates the wish to control and motivate the machine shop by making it into a profit centre and using a computer system to plan and control work flow. The reader will learn the great difficulty of changing established traditions and the need to use computers in a clear distinctive way to have real effects. The focusing question is to determine the appropriate work-in-progress level.

Date: 1978
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-04012-4_5

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