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D P Gravel - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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flexible robotic assembly efforts at Ford Motor Company ieee rsj international conference on intelligent robots and systems
Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2003Co-Authors: D P GravelAbstract:Ford Motor Company has been seeking ways to improve the quality of its assembly operations and to reduce ergonomic injuries related to repetitive strain. Recently, Ford Motor Company has installed force controlled robotic assembly systems that emulate human assembly performance by limiting the forces of contact with the environment. These systems apply forces and moments in pre-programmed ways that insure a quality assembly process.
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Flexible robotic assembly efforts at Ford Motor Company
Intelligent Control, 2001. (ISIC '01). Proceedings of the 2001 IEEE International Symposium on, 2001Co-Authors: D P Gravel, Wyalt S. NewmanAbstract:Current robotic applications in automotive plants are limited\nprimarily to material handling and spot welding operations. The Ford\nAdvanced Manufacturing Technology Development Center (AMTD) has been\npursuing force controlled robotic technology and adaptive learning\ntechniques for teaching force controlled robots since 1996. The paper\noutlines efforts Ford has participated in to develop a force controlled\nrobot assembly capability on Robotics Research, Kawasaki, FANUC, and\nMicroDexterity robot platforms. The paper also outlines the robotic\nlearning progress made by Case Western Reserve University under a NIST\nATP project called "Flexible Robotic Assembly for Powertrain\nApplications"
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IROS - Flexible robotic assembly efforts at Ford Motor Company IEEE/RSJ international conference on intelligent robots and systems
Proceedings 2003 IEEE RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2003) (Cat. No.03CH37453), 1Co-Authors: D P GravelAbstract:Ford Motor Company has been seeking ways to improve the quality of its assembly operations and to reduce ergonomic injuries related to repetitive strain. Recently, Ford Motor Company has installed force controlled robotic assembly systems that emulate human assembly performance by limiting the forces of contact with the environment. These systems apply forces and moments in pre-programmed ways that insure a quality assembly process.
Gavin Wright - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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arbitraging a discriminatory labor market black workers at the Ford Motor Company 1918 1947
Journal of Labor Economics, 2003Co-Authors: Christopher L. Foote, Warren C. Whatley, Gavin WrightAbstract:Before World War II, the Ford Motor Company was virtually alone in its hiring of black auto workers. If this was because other employers would not hire blacks, then the terms of employment at Ford might differ for blacks and whites. This paper uses Ford's own personnel data to test for racial differences in its terms of employment. We find that though entry wages for young workers did not differ by race, entry wages rose with age for whites but not for blacks. After being hired, most black and white workers received similar wage increases, making Ford jobs very attractive to black workers. Evidence suggests that Ford profited even without an explicit racial differential by hiring only the best black workers available and by disproportionately assigning them to the most disagreeable jobs. Ford's rigorous factory discipline facilitated racial integration and set Ford apart from other firms. While many aspects of Ford's policies were strongly progressive, Ford's response to its labor-relations constraints may have helped to perpetuate stereotypes that blacks were suited only for grimy and unpleasant work.
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arbitraging a discriminatory labor market black workers at the Ford Motor Company 1918 1947
Journal of Labor Economics, 2003Co-Authors: Christopher L. Foote, Warren C. Whatley, Gavin WrightAbstract:The 1918–47 employee records of the Ford Motor Company provide a rare opportunity to study a firm willing to hire black workers when similar firms would not. The evidence suggests that Ford did profit from discrimination elsewhere, but not by paying blacks less than whites. An apparent “wage‐equity constraint” prevailed, resulting in virtually no racial variation in wages inside Ford. An implication was that blacks quit Ford jobs less often than whites, holding working conditions constant. Arbitrage profit came from exploiting this nonwage margin, as Ford placed blacks in hot, dangerous foundry jobs where quit rates were generally high.
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Arbitraging a Discriminatory Labor Market: Black Workers at the Ford Motor Company, 1918–1947
Journal of Labor Economics, 2003Co-Authors: Christopher L. Foote, Warren C. Whatley, Gavin WrightAbstract:The 1918–47 employee records of the Ford Motor Company provide a rare opportunity to study a firm willing to hire black workers when similar firms would not. The evidence suggests that Ford did profit from discrimination elsewhere, but not by paying blacks less than whites. An apparent “wage‐equity constraint” prevailed, resulting in virtually no racial variation in wages inside Ford. An implication was that blacks quit Ford jobs less often than whites, holding working conditions constant. Arbitrage profit came from exploiting this nonwage margin, as Ford placed blacks in hot, dangerous foundry jobs where quit rates were generally high.
Nestor Rychtyckyj - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Intelligent Systems for Manufacturing at Ford Motor Company
IEEE Intelligent Systems, 2007Co-Authors: Nestor RychtyckyjAbstract:Ford Motor Company has developed and deployed several knowledge-based applications for manufacturing. This paper discussed how the US car maker was able to successfully integrate AI into mainstream manufacturing processes and provide a competitive advantage. The paper also focused on process planning for manufacturing, ergonomic analysis of assembly processes, and machine translation of vehicle assembly build instructions
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Intelligent manufacturing applications at Ford Motor Company
NAFIPS 2005 - 2005 Annual Meeting of the North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society, 1Co-Authors: Nestor RychtyckyjAbstract:There is a common misconception that the automobile industry is slow to adapt new technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), into the manufacturing sector. In reality, many of the earliest adaptations of AI were in the automotive sector where such diverse technologies as expert systems, neural networks, genetic algorithms, and fuzzy logic were among the first to be used. In this paper we present an overview of how AI and knowledge-based technologies are currently being applied at Ford Motor Company within the manufacturing arena. Some of the applications that is described include an AI-based approach for vehicle assembly process planning, an application of AI for ergonomics analysis and a system that utilizes machine translation to translate assembly build instructions for Ford assembly plants that do not use English as their primary language. We also discuss how specific technologies, such as natural language processing, controlled languages, and ontologies, can be used to effectively deal with different types of knowledge, both structured and unstructured, that are prevalent in the manufacturing environment. The automobile industry is among the most competitive in the entire world, and the use of advanced technologies, is essential in the ongoing struggle to prosper in the global marketplace.
Huiming Wee - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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lean supply chain and its effect on product cost and quality a case study on Ford Motor Company
Supply Chain Management, 2009Co-Authors: Huiming WeeAbstract:Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to address “how Toyota can continuously and consistently achieve its dramatic success through its competences ‐ continuous waste elimination and the objective of long term philosophy”; the paper aims to summarize some solid suggestions and comprehensive ideas for those industries planning to implement lean production.Design/methodology/approach – The methodology used is the case based approach (CBA), which described lean supply chain (LSC) through value stream mapping (VSM) using a case study from the Ford Motor Company in Chung Li, Taiwan. The paper follows a four‐step problem solving process to demonstrate how lean supply chain affects product cost and quality.Findings – Using VSM case study to demonstrate LSC, all the measurable indices helpful for cost reduction, quality enhancement and lead time reduction are shown. The paper also provides some recommendations and basic principles to implement VSM successfully through P‐D‐C‐A improving cycle.Research limitations...
Mark Rupert - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Producing hegemony : the politics of mass production and American global power
The American Historical Review, 1997Co-Authors: Mark RupertAbstract:1. Introduction 2. Marx, Gramsci and possibilities for radical renewal in IPE 3. The quality of global power: a relational view of neoliberal hegemony 4. The emergence of mass production practices and productivist ideology 5. State-society relations and the politics of industrial transformation in the USA 6. Fordism vs. unionism: production politics and ideological struggle at Ford Motor Company, 1914-1937 7. Unionism is Americanism: production politics and ideological struggle at Ford Motor Company, 1937-1952 8. Fordism and neoliberal hegemony: tensions and possibilities Notes Bibliography Index.