Computer Integrated Manufacturing: Revolution in progress (Iiasa Computer Integrated Manufacturing Series Volume 1) - Hardcover

Ayres, R.U.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0412394707 ISBN 13: 9780412394706

Publisher: Springer, 1991

Synopsis

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 first volume is a summary volume and describes the outputs of the bottom-up part of the study.

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Review

...an easy read...very useful as additional background for engineering students since it places manufacturing processes in the larger socio-economic frame without being too jargon-laden...highly relevant to economic and tother social scientists, teachers, as well as students. - International Journal of Production Research

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0412394707
• ISBN 13: 9780412394706
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 278