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A Pragmatic Approach to CAPM in Smaller Companies

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The present paper summarises the experience of the Author in implementing CAPM Systems in thirty foundries. It is concluded that a marked degree of manual intervention is required in scheduling manufacture due to (i) a lack of data and (ii) the complexity of priority rules.

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  • Scrimshire, D.A. (1986) ‘A CIM System for Foundries’, in Advances in Manufacturing

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  • Technology (Ed. P F McGoldrick), Kogan Page, London, pp64–70.

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Scrimshire, D. (1987). A Pragmatic Approach to CAPM in Smaller Companies. In: McGoldrick, P.F. (eds) Advances in Manufacturing Technology II. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-8524-4_44

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