Abstract:Today, consumers prefer to have a great variety of products coupled with the intrinsic demand of short lead time, high quality and low costs. Consequently, Manufacturing companies require a consistent improvement in flexibility and responsiveness of their production systems in order to accommodate changes of the increasingly competitive market. For human centred assembly as an example, although it offers a good flexibility and responsiveness, human performances are also unpredictable due to their inherent abil… Show more
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