Manufacturing Systems: Theory and Practice

by George Chryssolouris

This text, developed at MIT's laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity, provides an overview of manufacturing from the ground up. Each topic is discussed in terms of the four fundamental manufacturing attributes: cost, rate, flexibility, and quality, and the presentation emphasizes both theoretical developments and practical applications. This new edition has been thoroughly updated throughout and includes a new section on CAD CAM and CNC...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387256830
• ISBN13: 9780387256832
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 606 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.4" x 9.3"