Forcing the Factory of the Future - Cybernation and Societal Institutions (Hardcover, New)

This study of the pursuit of the "automatic factory" focuses on the key industry of metalworking in Britain, Italy, Japan and the United States. It unveils a recurring historical conflict between two logics of factory management and organization: workshop principles and principles of a standardized factory. Case studies of "Flexible Manufacturing Systems" in these four countries and their sociopolitical contexts show national variations and tensions between factory and workshop principles continuing into the age of computerization.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 1997
First published:	1997
Authors:	Bryn Jones
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	318
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-57206-4
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Labour economics > General Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Manufacturing industries > General
LSN:	0-521-57206-1
Barcode:	9780521572064

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