A critical sociological study and economic analysis of modern production methods leads to a series of convincing technological proposals. An English translation of Fabrik 2000.

Inhalt

1. The Factory of the Future.- 1.1 Prophecies by the Dozen.- 1.2 Banish the False Prophets!.- 1.3 The Workshop, not the Production Line.- 2. The Origins and Nature of the Factory.- 2.1 The Heroic Phase.- 2.2 The Computer and the Automation of One-offs.- 2.3 Today's Factory: Unresolved Problems.- 3. The Technocentric Route: Fossilized Taylorism.- 3.1 The Ghost Shift: Forerunner of the Workerless Factory?.- 3.2 White-Collar Automation.- 3.3 The Failure of Isolated Systems.- 3.4 The Second Heroic Phase: CIM and Expert Systems.- 4. The Anthropocentric Route: The Return of the Human Being.- 4.1 The Workerless Factory: Signs of Return.- 4.2 Human or Machine: Who Controls?.- 4.3 Group Technology: A Non-Taylorist Route.- 4.4 Forces of Inertia.- 5. Horizons New: Farewell to Necessary Work?.- 5.1 Investment Decision Making: Pastures New.- 5.2 Work Planning is Available in Every Case.- 5.3 The Dangers of Segmentation.- 5.4 Conclusion: For and Against the Anthropocentric Production Concept.