Economic and financial justification of advanced manufacturing technologies /

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Other Authors: Parsaei, H. R., Sullivan, William G., 1942-, Hanley, Thomas R.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 1992.
Series:Manufacturing research and technology ; 14.
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Table of Contents:
  • Pt. I. Strategic and Design Issues in Investment Analysis. A New Paradigm for Engineering Economy / William G. Sullivan. Selecting Techniques for the Financial Justification of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies: A Contingent Approach / G. Azzone, U. Bertele and C. Masella
  • Pt. II. Costing Methods in Engineering and Financial Analysis. Activity-based Cost Management Systems in an Advanced Manufacturing Environment / Hampton R. Liggett, Jaime Trevino and Jerome P. Lavelle. Cost Accounting and the Justification of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies / Utpal Roy and Donald Slocum. Switching Rules for DFM Cost Estimating / Phillip F. Ostwald and V. S. Sathyamoorthy. A Multi-attribute Simulation Paradigm for the Justification of FMS / Jason J. Kim and Ronald F. Perry
  • Pt. III. Processes for Qualitative and Quantitative Evaluation of Investment Worth. A Critical Review of Project Analysis Techniques / Ronald E. Terry, Russel A. Branting and David L. Whitman.
  • Economic Methods for Evaluating Investments in Advanced Technologies / Jerome P. Lavelle and Hampton R. Liggett. The Evolution to Strategic Justification of Advanced Manufacturing Systems / Joseph Sarkis. A Classification Scheme for Traditional and Non-traditional Approaches to the Economic Justification of Advanced Automated Manufacturing Systems / Sai Kolli, Mickey R. Wilhelm, Hamid R. Parsaei and Donald H. Liles. Utility based Justification of Advanced Manufacturing Technology / Adedeji B. Badiru and Bob L. Foote. Integrating Financial, Strategic and Tactical Factors in Advanced Manufacturing System Technology Investment Decisions / Johann G. Demmel and Ronald G. Askin. Measuring Uncertainty and Risk in CIMS Environments / James R. Buck
  • Pt. IV. Case Studies. Justification of High-technology Manufacturing Equipment: A Case Study on Robotics / Nancy L. Mills and Aaron M. Suazo. A Generic Welding Cell Justification and Planning Process / Nabil Nasr and Shawn Dodson.
  • Economics of Design: Product Design for Manufacture - A Case Study / James T. Luxhoj.