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Publication date: 1 April 1981

H.‐J. Warnecke and J. Walther

West Germany is one of Europe's leading users of assembly automation techniques. This report classifies the types of systems now being installed and gives examples of some…

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West Germany is one of Europe's leading users of assembly automation techniques. This report classifies the types of systems now being installed and gives examples of some successful applications.

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Assembly Automation, vol. 1 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0144-5154

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Publication date: 1 January 1977

H.J. Warnecke and R.D. Schraft

In May 1974, a new research programme entitled “Humanization of Working Life” was published by the Ministry of Research and Technology of the Federal Republic of Germany. Its aims…

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In May 1974, a new research programme entitled “Humanization of Working Life” was published by the Ministry of Research and Technology of the Federal Republic of Germany. Its aims are to temper and to reduce the hindrances, damage, harassments and handicaps of working life. What is involved here is an improvement in the content of work and in relationships at work, i.e. entire working processes are to be reformed comprising both organisational and control functions. Moreover, facilities are to be created for improved communication and co‐operation between workers. Situations leading to both over‐stress and lack of stress are to be reduced insofar as they are caused by the harmful effects of noise, vibrations, dangerous substances, etc. as well as by too few or one‐sided mental demands. Special attention is to be paid to any stresses of a combined nature that might occur and their effects. The number of accidents at work is to be cut by improving safety at work. Finally, the reciprocal relationships are to be examined, within the framework of the research programme, between working life and other aspects of life; and strategies will be developed for further humanization of working life by taking into consideration numerous other factors of a political, economic and technical nature.

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Industrial Robot: An International Journal, vol. 4 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0143-991X

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Publication date: 30 June 2009

Guojun Ji

This paper introduces a new mathematical model for analyzing the economic benefits of incorporating the fourth party logistics (4PL), which is a contractor (i.e. agent) for the…

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This paper introduces a new mathematical model for analyzing the economic benefits of incorporating the fourth party logistics (4PL), which is a contractor (i.e. agent) for the supply chain coordination and construction based on the division of community and the outsourcing development. Based on the physical theory and the wave-particle duality, a supply chain is the special organization whose characteristic has wave-particle duality. The mathematical model enriches the connotation of 4PL and it broadens the thought for 4PL development. Secondly, the proposed mathematical model predicated on transaction costs, is supported by Transaction Cost Theory (TCT) and acts as the theoretical analysis tool of 4PL for coordinating 3-party generic supply chain. Through the model, some trendy conclusions can be drawn to provide theoretical support for 4PL’s practices. Finally, a case illustrates our conclusions.

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Journal of International Logistics and Trade, vol. 7 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1738-2122

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Publication date: 1 April 1980

H.J. Warnecke, B. Graf and I. Schmidt

The use of standard modules is often suggested as one means of increasing the flexibility and lowering the cost of programmable handling systems. However at present there is a…

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The use of standard modules is often suggested as one means of increasing the flexibility and lowering the cost of programmable handling systems. However at present there is a lack of modules available to the industrial user. In an attempt to overcome this lack IPA — Stuttgart have developed two new modular systems.

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Industrial Robot: An International Journal, vol. 7 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0143-991X

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Publication date: 10 December 2018

David M. Boje

We live in organizations addicted to problematic narratives. My purpose is to develop intelligent action understandings of how to care for organizations addicted to problematic…

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We live in organizations addicted to problematic narratives. My purpose is to develop intelligent action understandings of how to care for organizations addicted to problematic elevator pitch narratives and one-sided stories by mapping quantum storytelling “Tamara-Land” forces ignored beneath and between them both (Boje, 1995). Tamara-land is the everyday activity of people in organizations chasing stories spatially distributed in different rooms, hallways, buildings that are temporally simultaneous, with materialities that are agential to the telling. For example, in this conference, the immersive theater into Tamara-Land is done in Steel Case open office spaces, as audience decides which actors to follow as they exit each scene. You cannot chase them all, and cannot be everywhere at once in this spacetimemattering. Quantum storytelling does not search for simple word or text messaging tag lines to explain open offices. Quantum storytelling uncovers deep behavior patterns of the spacetimemattering. “Quantum storytelling includes nondiscursive and behavioral aspects embodied in the storyteller’s life, in their living story behavioral-performative agentiality” (Boje, 1995, p. 114) and in nonhuman’s materialism featured in Karen Barad’s (2007) and Anete Strand’s material storytelling work. Quantum storytelling of Tamara-Land mapping at macro scale traces the interplay of people, planet, and profit (aka Triple Bottom Line, 3BL) but does not reduce it to imagined profitability metrics. I will critique 3BL for not proposing any method to measure people and planet first and by default reducing all dimensions to just bottom line profit measures. The consequence is that a runaway, maximizing fractal, known in socioeconomic work as the Taylor–Fayol–Weber rationality or “TFW virus” (Worley, Zardet, Bonnet, & Savall, 2015, pp. 23–24; Savall& Peron, 2015), attains functional structuralism (Alvesson & Spicer, 2012). In quantum storytelling fractal work, it’s “TFW fractal” profiteering that is destroying both planet and people, at an ever-accelerating rate (Boje & Henderson, 2014; Boje, 2015; Henderson & Boje, 2015). My contribution is to propose a different fractal pattern, the Mandelbrot fractal that actually sets limits on runaway fractal appetite. Both the 3BL and the VA techno-digital fractal narrative spiral more and more materials, energy, and people into the risk of an addictive TFW virus pattern, without limit.

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The Emerald Handbook of Quantum Storytelling Consulting
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-78635-671-0

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Publication date: 1 April 1985

H.‐J. Warnecke and E.M. Wolf

In the electronics industry of the Federal Republic of Germany 286,000 employees are working in assembly twice as many as in the automotive or machine building industries.

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In the electronics industry of the Federal Republic of Germany 286,000 employees are working in assembly twice as many as in the automotive or machine building industries.

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Assembly Automation, vol. 5 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0144-5154

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Publication date: 1 July 1993

A.Z. Keller and A. Kazazi

Examines Just‐in‐Time (JIT) from its evolution as a Japaneseconcept through to a review of its philosophy and implementation. Citesseveral techniques of implementation. Includes a…

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Examines Just‐in‐Time (JIT) from its evolution as a Japanese concept through to a review of its philosophy and implementation. Cites several techniques of implementation. Includes a review of the early work of various researchers and practitioners. Concludes that JIT is a very effective manufacturing philosophy which is universal in nature encompassing all aspects of manufacturing. Suggests a few deficiencies in current literature.

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Industrial Management & Data Systems, vol. 93 no. 7
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0263-5577

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Publication date: 1 April 1977

HJ. Warnecke and B. Brodbeck

In the last few years, the number of manufacturers and users of industrial robots has greatly increased. When the often extensive technical descriptions of industrial robots are…

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In the last few years, the number of manufacturers and users of industrial robots has greatly increased. When the often extensive technical descriptions of industrial robots are examined it is noticed that very different terminologies are used for the same technical data. More detailed examination of the technical data often reveals that the same terminology can mean different things. This is due, in part, to the newness of the device and the fact that it is not yet standardised and to the various measuring methods being used for the determination of the technical characteristics. Also terminologies from other machine types, for example NC‐machines, are not easily transferable.

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Industrial Robot: An International Journal, vol. 4 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0143-991X

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Publication date: 1 April 1990

H.J. Warnecke, R.‐D. Schraft, M. Schweizer and G. Wurtz

A German research team has developed a robotic tool that enables the ‘interference fit’ fastening process to be automated. The problems of high forces and positioning an…

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A German research team has developed a robotic tool that enables the ‘interference fit’ fastening process to be automated. The problems of high forces and positioning an ‘oversize’ component have been overcome.

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Assembly Automation, vol. 10 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0144-5154

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Publication date: 1 February 1981

Leon D. Harmon

An extensive survey of over 300 reports worldwide shows that the state‐of‐the‐art in tactile sensing — defined as continuously variable touch sensing over an area where there is…

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An extensive survey of over 300 reports worldwide shows that the state‐of‐the‐art in tactile sensing — defined as continuously variable touch sensing over an area where there is special resolution — is primitive. Only now is a new level of sophistication beginning to appear. However, for industrial systems the simplest may prove to be the most reliable.

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Sensor Review, vol. 1 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0260-2288

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