ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY SYSTEM-DESIGN FOR TOTAL PRODUCTIVITY

Companies are increasingly being forced by market demands to increase the competitiveness of their products in regard to price, quality and delivery time. Development, both of product and production, is the key word in achieving this goal. This paper focuses on the following rela ted subject: cost-effective design, with applications to robotic assem bly cells. Against this background, a total productivity model is intr oduced, which allows an opinion to be formed about the performance of robotic assembly cells during the conceptual stage of the design proce ss.