MTM and other time measurement systems have been applied to human operators for many years. Now it is the time for robots to come under similar scrutiny. RTM uses different analysis methods to give predictions of cycle times within −2% to +3% for optimising selection and operating methods of...

Assembly networks pose many challenges to the comprising businesses due to their ever-growing distributed nature. This article explores the benefits of incorporating best-matching protocols (BMP) into the principles of design for assembly (DFA) to make better use of already existing information...

Purpose – To present the application of a business model for holistic uncertainty management for twenty‐first century manufacturing enterprises. Design/methodology/approach – A questionnaire survey is carried out to UK manufacturing enterprises to collect relevant data, and analysis of...