Shop Floor Control - A Systems Perspective

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Shop Floor Control - A Systems Perspective is written by Eric Scherer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3642603130 (ISBN 10) and 9783642603136 (ISBN 13).

Shop floor control and namely the problem of job shop scheduling have been fields of research for a long time. However, until now no comprehensive framework on the various aspects exists. This book will provide a systems perspective towards shop floor control by stressing its sociotechnical and cybernetical nature. It focuses on the behavioral aspects of control activities and sees the shop floor as the center of value-adding manufacturing activities within an enterprise. The book enables the reader to understand the interaction of organization, information technology and human resources. This eventually allows to achieve holistic and agile solutions and facilitates profound organizational change. The book will therefore provide a welcome addition to several standard textbooks on the issue.