AutoMan: Decision Support Software for Automated Manufacturing Investments. User's Manual

摘要

The manual documents AutoMan, a microcomputer program designed to support multi-criteria decisions about automated manufacturing investments. The program permits users to combine quantitative and qualitative criteria in evaluating investment alternatives. Quantitative criteria could include such traditional financial measures as Life-Cycle Cost and Net Present Value as well as such engineering performance measures as throughput and setup time. Qualitative criteria could include flexibility and product quality. AutoMan combines ratings with criteria weights into an overall rating for each investment alternative and then ranks alternatives. AutoMan comes with sample decision models and a manual that includes a detailed tutorial, a glossary of evaluation criteria, a bibliography, and an index.