An investigation of a Navy application of numerical control.

Numerical control, a recent automation innovation, has been lauded for its advantages in reducing production costs. The application of numerical control to one facet of the Navy inventory management has been examined with a view to using numerical control programs in lieu of stock for certain it...

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Main Author:	Piazza, Thomas J.
Other Authors:	Business Administration and Economics
Language:	en_US
Published:	Monterey, California: U.S. Naval Postgraduate School 2012
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10945/12454

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spelling	ndltd-nps.edu-oai-calhoun.nps.edu-10945-124542015-03-24T17:14:03Z An investigation of a Navy application of numerical control. Piazza, Thomas J. Business Administration and Economics Numerical control, a recent automation innovation, has been lauded for its advantages in reducing production costs. The application of numerical control to one facet of the Navy inventory management has been examined with a view to using numerical control programs in lieu of stock for certain items. The study concludes that the method proposed presents a practicable method of reducing total inventory management costs but not without the involvement of an element of risk and that numerical control standardization of machines and languages has not progressed to the degree that the method is practical now. 2012-08-29T23:32:40Z 2012-08-29T23:32:40Z 1965 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10945/12454 en_US This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States. Monterey, California: U.S. Naval Postgraduate School
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An investigation of a Navy application of numerical control.

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