Design of Work in Automated Manufacturing Systems

Proceedings of the IFAC Workshop, Karlsruhe, Federal Republic of Germany, 7–9 November 1983

T. Martin

• Publisher: Pergamon
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN:
  9780080311180
• eBook ISBN:
  9781483155388
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Civil Engineering
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Design of Work in Automated Manufacturing Systems focuses on the need to improve the working conditions in the workplace while at same time putting emphasis on the use of technologies in various industries. The book takes into account how automation has altered the operations of small- and medium-sized firms. The text then presents a comparison of the use of computer-controlled applications in different countries and industries, as well as how these applications have influenced the working conditions of workers as well as the division of work in the workplace. The changes that manufacturing industries have undergone and the adjustments that were made in adopting the use of automated manufacturing systems are also highlighted. Also noted are the changes that computer-aided production systems have done on engineering, including the observation that workers can effectively work in an environment that is partially controlled by computer-controlled applications. However, the text also notes that organizational problems have evolved in firms that have adopted computer-controlled applications. The book can be a source of information for social scientists and those involved in developing computer-controlled applications in organizations.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Design of Work in Automated Manufacturing Systems
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• PREFACE
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• Chapter 1. AUTOMATION, EVOLUTION OF SKILLS IN SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED FIRMS: THE CASE OF NUMERICAL CONTROL
• Chapter 2. COMPANY SIZE AND WORK ORGANIZATION IN CNC MACHINING
• Chapter 3. REVIEW OF APPLICATION AND OPERATION EXPERIENCE WITH AN AUTOMATED MANUFACTURING SYSTEM FOR DRILLING OF TRUCK FRAMES
• Chapter 4. DIVISION OF LABOUR AND DISTRIBUTION OF TACIT KNOWLEDGE IN THE AUTOMATION OF METAL MACHINING1
• Chapter 5. DESIGN OF MAN-MACHINE INTERFACES AND WORK CONTENT IN A CONTAINER TRANSFER PROCESS
• Chapter 6. REGULATION REQUIREMENTS AND REGULATION BARRIERS — TWO ASPECTS OF PARTIALIZED ACTION IN INDUSTRIAL WORK
• Chapter 7. GROUP TECHNOLOGY — A STRATEGY TOWARDS HIGHER QUALITY OF WORKING LIFE
• Chapter 8. FLEXIBLE AUTOMATION AND JOB DESIGN IN MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS: CONCLUSIONS FROM A VISIT IN JAPAN
• Chapter 9. WORK ORGANIZATION AND TRAINING IN A FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM — AN ALTERNATIVEA PPROACH
• Chapter 10. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF ALTERNATIVE COMPUTER-AIDED PRODUCTION SYSTEMS IN SMALL AND MEDIUM BATCH RUNS
• Chapter 11. INTERACTIVE NEW DESIGN OF TECHNOLOGY AND ORGANIZATION WITH JOINT CONSIDERATION OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CRITERIA: THE CASE OF A NEW ROLLING MILL PLANT
• Chapter 12. THE DESIGNER AND HIS JOB IN THE FACE OF INTEGRATED CAD/CAM SYSTEMS
• Chapter 13. VANISHING, DIMINISHING OR REMAINING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PEOPLE
• Chapter 14. AUTONOMOUS PRODUCTION CELL
• Chapter 15. THE AUTONOMOUS PRODUCTION ISLAND
• Chapter 16. PARTICIPATION OF PRODUCTION STAFF TO TECHNICAL AND ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE: AMBITIONS AND LIMITS OF AN EXPERIENCE IN A CEMENT FACTORY
• Chapter 17. WORKERS' PARTICIPATION IN DESIGN OF WORK: POSSIBILITIES, DIFFICULTIES, RECENT TRENDS AND PERSPECTIVES IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
• Chapter 18. WORKER PARTICIPATION IN THE DESIGN OF NEW TECHNOLOGY
• Chapter 19. PARTICIPATORY JOB DESIGN AND AUTOMATION: UNANTICIPATED SIDE EFFECTS
• Chapter 20. WORK STRUCTURING IN AUTOMATED MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS EXEMPLIFIED BY USE OF INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS FOR BODY ASSEMBLY
• Chapter 21. CONSEQUENCES OF INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS IN THE FIELD OF WORK ORGANIZATION
• Chapter 22. APPLICATION OF PRINCIPLES OF WORK STRUCTURING FOR THE PLANNING OF ROBOT SYSTEMS
• Chapter 23. WORK ORGANISATION IN FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS — FIRST FINDINGS FROM INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS
• Chapter 24. WORK DESIGN IN AN INTEGRATED ROBOT WORK CELL FOR N/C MACHINING
• Chapter 25. CONSIDERING SOCIAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL ECONOMIC CRITERIA IN THE DESIGN OF AUTOMATED MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS: CONDITIONS FOR THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS
• Chapter 26. TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE, DECISION MAKING AND ITS EFFECTS ON WORK IN THE DUTCH PRINTING INDUSTRY
• Chapter 27. THE DIFFUSION OF FLEXIBLE AUTOMATION AND ROBOTS
• Chapter 28. APPROPRIATE AUTOMATION FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM INDUSTRIES
• Chapter 29. SUMMING UP THE WORKSHOP
• AUTHOR INDEX