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The future-shock of 1956 is close to today's reality.
- Source :
- Plant Engineering; Feb2007, Vol. 61 Issue 2, p70-70, 1p
- Publication Year :
- 2007
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Abstract
- The article describes the "Plant of 2005 A.D." designed by architect A. Epstein in the U.S. in 1956. The facility was designed with Lean manufacturing in mind. It does not feature an on-site storage for both raw materials and finished products. The production rate is set by adjusting manufacturing automatically to meet consumer demand.
- Subjects :
- FACTORY design & construction
PLANT engineering
FACTORY management
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0032082X
- Volume :
- 61
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Plant Engineering
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 24179316