Computer Integrated Manufacturing: The past, the present and the future (IIASA Computer Integrated Manufacturing Series Volume 2) [Hardcover]

R.U. Ayres (Author), W. Haywood (Author), M.E. Merchant (Author), J. Warnecke (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0412404508 | ISBN-13: 978-0412404504 | Publication Date: October 31, 1991 | Edition: 1

CIM (computer integrated manufacturing) is an acronym that has become fairly well known in recent years in manufacturing and related engineering circles. The purpose of the CIM Project at IIASA is to close the widening gap between the pace of technological, economic, and social events, on the one hand, and the progress of understanding those events, on the other. The IIASA study has attempted, first, to define the existing world situation with regard to the underlying technologies of CIM, and the degrees to which technologies such as NC/CNC machine tools, robotics, and CAD/CAM are currently being used in metal products manufacturing. The methodology adopted in the study is eclectic. It is multiperspective and multidisciplinary, as well as multinational. It incorporates elements of both "bottom-up" and "top-down" approaches. Finally, it incorporates both historical analysis and "model" forecasts of the future, together with scenarios analyses. This second volume of the series surveys past techniques and forecasts the future of CIM.

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...a comprehensive view of CIM technologies. - International Journal of Production Research

Product Details

• Hardcover: 278 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (October 31, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0412404508
• ISBN-13: 978-0412404504
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,485,747 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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