Evaluating automated manufacturing technologies: Part I — Concepts and literature review

Abstract Automated manufacturing technologies offer improved productivity and flexibility. Adoption of such technologies requires an evaluation and justification process. A survey of existing literature on the evaluation of automated systems indicates that several techniques have been used in the justification process. In this paper we review some of these techniques, and develop a classification scheme for the justification techniques based on the knowledge of the decision environment.

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