| Article ID: | iaor1992117 |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Volume: | 21 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Start Page Number: | 259 |
| End Page Number: | 276 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 1991 |
| Journal: | Engineering Costs and Production Economics |
| Authors: | Hackstein R., Budenbender W. |
By means of two case studies, regarding large-scale series production and small-scale series production, the reliability and the productivity of flexible manufacturing systems are tested in an industrial environment. Furthermore the operational behaviour of a flexible manufacturing system (FMS) as compared to stand-alone configurations is investigated.