Justification Study Of Automation At Douglas Electronics Company

Part I of Essay
Douglas Electronics company makes tape recorders for use with home computer and video games. The company is undergoing severe cut backs due to increased competition in the electronic field. The following is a feasibility study on the possibility of the company moving i ....

Part II of Essay
.... by approximately 140 % in the same time frame that we are currently operating. The analysis shows that the operation will take three robots to do the required task in the shortest amount of time. The whole work cell will be designed so that the assembly line will be both continuous and synchronized. I am assured that the floor space now available will be more than adequate and could even be reduced by approximately 50 % of the space now allocated to production, upon completion of the project. Two workers will be relocated to other parts ....