Abstract

Global competition forces developed countries to be much more efficient in manufacturing than ever to keep its industrial basis. Price is no more a result of the manufacturing process, and cost minimization is a matter of survival. This paper takes a screwer machine to exemplify in the practical field the key concepts needed to achieve this goal when manufacturing in consumer electronics. Automation is not useful by itself: there are a lot of additional requirements to accomplish its function as needed.

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