Description

Maintaining competitiveness in the production of cable requires raising productivity of labor and capital. This can be achieved through automation of material handling and production control. Labor, materials, machinery, and production control are discussed in view of planning for automation, with productivity increasing most through attention to production control and handling and control of material flow. A discussion of how to influence these factors through automation covers labor, scrap, machine utilization, capital tied into stock and work-in- progress, and layout.