• DocumentCode
    1731918
  • Title

    European assembly: opportunities or threats?

  • Author

    Onori, Mauro ; Camarinha-Matos, Luis M. ; Barata, José

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Production Eng., R. Inst. of Technol., Stockholm, Sweden
  • fYear
    2003
  • Abstract
    This article, based on the Assembly Net´s Precision Assembly Roadmap 2010, describes some of the trends affecting European industry. Assembly is the perspective under analysis, and the article discusses some of the potential threats lurking behind these current trends. The authors conclude with a short overview of the roadmap issues, and propose a potentially beneficial approach that could be adopted to turn such trends into opportunities.
  • Keywords
    contracts; outsourcing; robotic assembly; socio-economic effects; technological forecasting; European assembly; European industry; assembly nets precision; assembly roadmap 2010; opportunities; potential threats; roadmap issues; Assembly; Consumer electronics; Contracts; Costs; Economic forecasting; Europe; Globalization; Manufacturing; Outsourcing; Production;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Assembly and Task Planning, 2003. Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7770-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISATP.2003.1217174
  • Filename
    1217174