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Information technology and manufacturing : a preliminary report on research needs / Committee to Study Information Technology and Manufacturing. Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, Manufacturing Studies Board, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- National Research Council (U.S.). Committee to Study Information Technology and Manufacturing.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Manufacturing industries--Information technology.
- Manufacturing industries.
- Manufacturing processes--Automation.
- Manufacturing processes.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (77 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1993.
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- Information Technology and Manufacturing; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Executive Summary; 1 Introduction and Overview ; THE NEW SHAPE OF MANUFACTURING IN THE INFORMATION AGE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF MANUFACTURING; A MATRIX OF MANUFACTURING NEEDS; ORGANIZATION OF THIS REPORT; CAVEATS; NOTE; 2 Integrated Product and Process Design ; MANUFACTURING-SPECIFIC RESEARCH; Design by Function; Product-Process Data Model; Capture of Nominal and Variant Behavior; Design Methods and Tools for Groups of Parts and Systems; Process Description; Process Description Language
- Process Description ModelsNovel Design Considerations; NON-MANUFACTURING-SPECIFIC RESEARCH; Decision Aids; Geometric Reasoning; Knowledge and Information Management; NOTES; 3 Shop Floor and Production Systems ; MANUFACTURING-SPECIFIC RESEARCH; Equipment Controls; Sensors; Dynamic Scheduling; Intelligent Routing Systems; Smart Parts; Modeling of Manufacturing Systems-The Virtual Factory; Rapidly Reconfigurable Production Systems; Resource Description Models; Knowledge Bases for New Process Methods; NON-MANUFACTURING-SPECIFIC RESEARCH; Complex Systems Theory; NOTES; 4 Infrastructure
- MANUFACTURING-SPECIFIC RESEARCHArchitectures and Standards; Data Communications Networks; Database Systems; Architectures for Autonomy and Distributed Intelligence; Enterprise and Inter-enterprise Integration; NON-MANUFACTURING-SPECIFIC RESEARCH; Software Engineering; General Tools for Software Engineering; Development Cycles; Analysis; Reusability of Software Design and Analysis Artifacts; Increased Spatial and Temporal Dimensions of Software Representations; Dependable Computing Systems; Collaboration Technology/Computer-Supported Cooperative Work; NOTES; 5 Nonresearch Leverage Points
- TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND ACADEMIC-INDUSTRIAL INTERACTIONIMPLEMENTATION ISSUES; EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND RETRAINING; NOTES; Bibliography; APPENDIXES; Appendix A Future Manufacturing Environment-One Person's View ; Appendix B Advisors from Academia and Industry
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
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