Shop floor control and namely the problem of job shop scheduling have been fields of research for a long time. However, until now no comprehensive framework on the various aspects exists. This book will provide a systems perspective towards shop floor control by stressing its sociotechnical and cybernetical nature. It focuses on the behavioral aspects of control activities and sees the shop floor as the center of value-adding manufacturing activities within an enterprise. The book enables the reader to understand the interaction of organization, information technology and human resources. This eventually allows to achieve holistic and agile solutions and facilitates profound organizational change. The book will therefore provide a welcome addition to several standard textbooks on the issue.

One Understanding Shop Floor Control - A Close Look at Reality

The Reality of Shop Floor Control - Approaches to Systems Innovation
Control on the Verge of Chaos - Analysis of Dynamic Production Structures
Rationality, Culture and Politics of Production
Two Systems and Organizations
Models, Systems and Reality: Knowledge Generation and Strategies for Systems Design
Systems Concepts and Organizational Design: A Basic Review
Three Control Strategies for Complex Manufacturing Systems
From Central Planning and Control to Self-Regulation on the Shop Floor
System Models and Concepts for Distributed Production Planning and Control
Four Planning, Scheduling and Control: Aspects of Decision Making
Approaches to Shop Floor Scheduling - A Critical Review
The Link to the 'Real World': Information, Knowledge and Experience for Decision Making
Five Making Use of Information Technology: Human-Machine Interaction
The Application of Information Technology at Shop Floor Level: Use and Acceptance
Supervisory Control Principles for Dynamic Operations Management of Manufacturing Shop Floors
IT at the Shop Floor - Criteria-based Methodologies for Human-Machine Task Allocation
Guidelines for Systems Design for Operational Production Management
Six On the Road to Agility: Changing Organizational Structures
Making Teams Work - A Key for Effective Shop Floor Control
Shop Floor Control as a Task of Organizational Development
Work-Process Knowledge and the School-to-Work Transition
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