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Using modularity to produce more competitive assistive technology products

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posted on 2014-09-04, 12:55 authored by George TorrensGeorge Torrens, Russell MarshallRussell Marshall, J. Burkitt, G.H. Kay
The market for Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology (RT/AT) products is expanding. Between ten and seventeen percent of the population of European Union are documented as disabled. Many companies perceive the market to be to fragmented to invest in large batch or flow production methods...

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Proceedings of the 13th Irish Manufacturing Committee Proceedings of the 13th Irish Manufacturing Committee

Pages

797 - 804

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TORRENS, G. ... et al, 1996. Using modularity to produce more competitive assistive technology products. IN: Hillery, M.T. (ed.). IMC-13: Re-engineering for World Class Manufacturing. Proceedings of the Thirteenth Conference of the Irish Manufacturing Committee, 4th - 6th September 1996, University of Limerick. Limerick: Faculty of Engineering, Department of Manufacturing and Operations Engineering, University of Limerick, pp. 797 - 804

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Faculty of Engineering, Department of Manufacturing and Operations Engineering, University of Limerick

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  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

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1996

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This is a conference paper.

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1874653380

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  • en

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Limerick, Ireland

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