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Bicycles on a personalized basis FMS

Bell, 1993

Document ID
16410979569100456649
Author
Bell T
Publication year
Publication venue
IEEE Spectrum

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The use of a flexible manufacturing system by Japan's National Bicycle Industrial Co. to build semicustom bicycles to customer specifications is described. The diamond-shaped frame is built to the purchaser's individual measurements and style of riding and fitted with …
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