Abstract
The development of numerically controlled machines, group technology, cellular manufacturing, and Just-In-Time (JIT) production system has revolutionized the way products are designed and manufactured. These technological and strategic advances have changed the role of human operators in the manufacturing environment. Among the multiple tasks that an operator is expected to conduct in an advanced manufacturing system (AMS) are job scheduling, inventory management, dissimilar machines setup, problem solving, and quality inspection. Even though a significant amount of research on the industrial quality inspection task has been conducted, the effect of multitasking on the performance of the operator in a hybrid inspection system (HIS) is still unknown. In addition to an overview of previously conducted research on quality inspection relevant to AMS, this paper describes research in progress to investigate the effects of multitasking on the decision making component of a quality inspection task in an AMS.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages | 113-118 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| State | Published - 1997 |
| Event | Proceedings of the 1997 6th Annual Industrial Engineering Research Conference, IERC - Miami Beach, FL, USA Duration: May 17 1997 → May 18 1997 |
Other
| Other | Proceedings of the 1997 6th Annual Industrial Engineering Research Conference, IERC |
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| City | Miami Beach, FL, USA |
| Period | 5/17/97 → 5/18/97 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering