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Composing Robot Production Systems: Japan as a Flexible Manufacturing System

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  • J Patchell

    (Division of Social Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong)

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In this paper, case-study evidence of the composition of four robot production systems is provided to reveal the linkages between local, regional, and national social divisions of labour. The relation-specific skill epitomizes the sophisticated procedures used to compose production systems, and the four case studies provide evidence of the communalities and varieties of these procedures. The geography of the interrelationships of the vertical divisions of labour of design-supplied suppliers and of the horizontal division of labour of design-approved suppliers is discussed. The cooperation and competition within this social division of labour allows Japan to function as a flexible manufacturing system.

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  • J Patchell, 1993. "Composing Robot Production Systems: Japan as a Flexible Manufacturing System," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 25(7), pages 923-944, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:25:y:1993:i:7:p:923-944
    DOI: 10.1068/a250923
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    1. Roger Hayter & Jerry Patchell & Kevin Rees, 1999. "Business Segmentation and Location Revisited: Innovation and the Terra Incognita of Large Firms," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 33(5), pages 425-442.

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