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Organização do trabalho e controlo de qualidade numa estação de soldadura robotizada
[Work organisation and quality control in a welding robotic cell]

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Canário, Teresa
Cerveira, Fátima
Moniz, António

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In this paper is analyzed the work organization and the forms of quality control in a robotic welding station in a company of office equipment and metal components manufacturing. The robotic cell is recent and works in two shifts. Quality and production rationalization implied in this firms the adoption of a strategy of organization of teamwork, and it is supported the collaborative tools to decrease the possibilities for errors and to improve means and methods of manufacturing. The analysis of quality control process needed the use of productivity indicators. In this way it was possible to understand the connections between the function quality and the new form of work organization adopted in this innovative experience in Portugal.

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Paper provided by University Library of Munich, Germany in its series MPRA Paper with number 7254.

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Date of creation: Nov 1993
Date of revision: Sep 1993
Handle: RePEc:pra:mprapa:7254

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Keywords: welding robotics quality control innovation

Find related papers by JEL classification:
L61 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing - - - Metals and Metal Products; Cement; Glass; Ceramics
L23 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Organization of Production
M54 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting - - Personnel Economics - - - Labor Management
O31 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Technological Change - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives

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