The theme of this book is the development of partnerships between manufacturing companies, their suppliers and customers and the facilitating of these partnersh

The Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) - a program of the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology - has sought for m

This book presents state-of-the-art research, challenges and solutions in the area of human–robot collaboration (HRC) in manufacturing. It enables readers to

The managed flow of goods and information from raw material to final sale also known as a "supply chain" affects everythingâ€"from the U.S. gross domestic pr

Presents Lamming's "lean supply" model and describes the development of the International Automotive Components Industry from 1900 to the present day. The book