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
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