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Under the impact of automation a great many of the old parameters for decision making no longer remain valid today. Not the least of those requiring fresh approaches are manufacturing research, capital equipment acquisition, equipment engineering, industrial accounting, and depreciation procedures.
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Bolz, R.W. (1985). R &D for Manufacturing Automation. In: Manufacturing Automation Management. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2541-3_33
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