Computer Integrated Manufacturing: Models, case studies and forecasts of diffusion (Iiasa Computer Integrated Manufacturing Series Volume 3) - Hardcover

Ayres, R.U.; Haywood, W.; Tchijov, I.

 
9780412404603: Computer Integrated Manufacturing: Models, case studies and forecasts of diffusion (Iiasa Computer Integrated Manufacturing Series Volume 3)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0412404605 ISBN 13: 9780412404603
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 third volume in the series presents a descriptive and interpretive analysis of the processes of diffusion and adoption of CIM by technology, sector and country.

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Publisher
Springer
Publication date
1991
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0412404605
ISBN 13 
9780412404603
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
338