‘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.


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    Title :

    Twin Pallets Increase Subcontract Machining Efficiency



    Publication date :

    1987-07-01


    Size :

    2 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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