‘JUST-IN-TIME’ production management within large companies places a tremendous burden on subcontract manufacturers to deliver specified quantities at very short notice. At one highly successful subcontractor, JFB Engineering Company Ltd, Leighton Buzzard, the installation of five Yamazaki twin-pallet VQC vertical machining centres over the past two years has provided the flexibility required to satisfy customer requirements.
Twin Pallets Increase Subcontract Machining Efficiency
Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology ; 59 , 7 ; 18-19
1987-07-01
2 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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