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Complex Manufacturing Situations
How do we optimize production schemes containing a series of dynamic process steps
to ensure consistency and tness-for-use? How do we control product performance
on a process that we do not own? What should we look for in a production partner to
balance quality with exibility?
It is not a question of how well each process works, the question is how
well they all work together.
Lloyd Dobens
In the 1970s, an American rubber company developed a weather-resistant
polymer—an alloy of acrylonitrile, ethylene–propylene rubber, and styrene.
This material had improved properties compared to PVC, but it also had
its ...