Voss, Alex, Procter, Rob, Slack, Roger, Hartswood, Mark, Williams, Robin and Rouncefield, Mark (2002) Accomplishing 'just-in-time' production. In: 21st European Annual Conference on Human Decision Making and Control, Glasgow, 15-16 Jul 2002. Published in: 21st European Annual Conference on Human Decision Making and Control pp. 209-211.

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Abstract

We present an ethnographic study of work in the control room of a manufacturing plant. While work in the plant is oriented towards a very strict production orthodoxy and is to large degrees automated, we find that the overall dependability of the plant is not so much the outcome of careful planning that has gone into the design of the production management system. Rather, it is a situated accomplishment resulting from the work of competent members going about their everyday activities, which are oriented towards and made accountable through the production orthodoxy as opposed to being determined by it.

Item Type:	Conference Item (Paper)
Divisions:	Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Computer Science
Journal or Publication Title:	21st European Annual Conference on Human Decision Making and Control
Official Date:	July 2002
Dates:	Date Event July 2002 Published
Page Range:	pp. 209-211
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Conference Paper Type:	Paper
Title of Event:	21st European Annual Conference on Human Decision Making and Control
Type of Event:	Conference
Location of Event:	Glasgow
Date(s) of Event:	15-16 Jul 2002

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