Mike D. Byrne
Dept. of Manufacturing Engineering University of Nottingham, Nottingham, U.K.
Sameh M. Saad
Department of Manufacturing Engineering and Operations Management, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, England
A comprehensive analysis of a Flexible Hybrid Assembly System (FHAS) where automated devices and human operators interact is presented. A computer simulation programme and ANOVA were conducted to identify which factors significantly affect the measures of perfoimance of the proposed system (three measures of performance are considered).