A model for the economic evaluation of automated manufacturing systems

Cost Engineering (Morgantown, West Virginia)

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 25-32

  Butler, Darlene P ^a   Malstrom, Eric M ^a   Parker, Sandra C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COST ACCOUNTING; COSTS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MAINTENANCE; PERSONNEL; PERSONNEL TRAINING; QUALITY CONTROL;

AUTOMATED EQUIPMENT; AUTOMATED MANUFACTURING SYSTEM; COST AND BENEFIT ANALYSIS; INFLATION RATE; MINIMUM ACCEPTABLE RATE OF RETURN; PRODUCTION DELAYS; SOFTWARE PACKAGE VISUAL BASIC;

FACTORY AUTOMATION;

EID: 0030164590     PISSN: 02749696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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2. Butler, Darlene P., Eric M. Malstrom, and Sandra C. Parker. Assessing the True Cost/Savings Associated With the Procurement of Automated Systems. Proceedings of the Annual Cost Estimation Conference. Dearborn, MI: Society of Manufacturing Engineers, November 1993.
3. Downing, T. Financial Analysis of Automation Assigning Value to Intangibles. Robotics World 7, No. 4 (September 1989).
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5. Parsaei, H.R., R.E. Cronin, and W. Karwowski. Economic Justification of Industrial Robots Using an Expert System. Proceedings of the 10th Annual Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering. Dallas, TX: March 1988.