Procurement of Large Volume Optics by a Multinational Corporation

M.E. Deibler

doi:10.1364/OFT.1979.BSO1

Workshop on Optical Fabrication and Testing
Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group, 1979),
paper BSO1
•https://doi.org/10.1364/OFT.1979.BSO1

Procurement of Large Volume Optics by a Multinational Corporation

M.E. Deibler

Optical Fabrication and Testing 1979

Tucson, Arizona United States
5–7 November 1979
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Abstract

A large multinational corporation with manufacturing facilities in many countries must carefully plan to ensure that components are purchased at the lowest cost and that these components can be used interchangeably at any production facility. This paper discusses the procedures used by Xerox to achieve those goals for optical components, specifically lenses.

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