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To effectively compete with “Third World” countries and their very low Labour costs, we require to produce goods of a higher quality, lower cost and on shorter leadtimes. This can be achieved, in many instances, if we strategically apply A.M.T. to consciously provide a “Competitive Edge”.
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Hunter, A.A. (1986). Justifying FMS to provide a competitive edge. In: Rathmill, K. (eds) Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Flexible Manufacturing Systems. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-38009-3_38
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