Dilemmas in factory design: paradox and paradigm

J. MacGregor Smith ()
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J. MacGregor Smith: University of Massachusetts

A chapter in Stochastic Modeling of Manufacturing Systems, 2006, pp 3-25 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The problems of factory design are notorious for their complexity. It is argued in this paper that factory design problems represent a class of problems for which there are crucial dilemmas and correspondingly deep-seated underlying paradoxes. These paradoxes, however, give rise to novel paradigms which can bring about fresh approaches as well as insights into their solution.

Keywords: Factory design; Dilemmas; Paradox; Paradigm (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1007/3-540-29057-5_1

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