MAP and TOP: Advanced Manufacturing Communications - Hardcover

Brandas, E. J.; Dwyer, John; Ioannou, Adrian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1850913552 ISBN 13: 9781850913559

Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1987

Synopsis

Advances in technology are making the business and manufacturing environment increasingly complex. Standards can help us cope with this complexity. Given the strategic importance of computers in the economies of the industrial world, it is fitting that one of the most significant commercial stories of our time is the standardization of computer communications. Quite frankly, when we joined with other computer users to launch this effort we didn't predict its scope and we should have done. public visibility. In restrospect, I guess The computer assisted technologies looming on the horizon offer some of the greatest functional and productivity tools available to improve business operations. However, the absence of a standardized electronic link permeating most business organizations poses a severe impediment to the efficient deployment of this technology. The feasibility of using computer controlled devices to design, test, and manufacture products - as part of a massive network - is well within our technological grasp. However, unless the world agrees upon a global set of standards that will make multi-vendor computer systems interoperable, successful implementation of these technologies becomes less and less attractive.

About this title

Synopsis

This book is the first description of MAP and TOP specifically designed for the non-specialist. It contains a wealth of technical information (on networks, models, applications, implementation and testing) presented in a clear, easy-to-understand style and considers the prospective development of MAP and TOP. The authors assess the type and size of company which could benefit from the massive business advantages of MAP and TOP and use case studies from leading international companies to illustrate problems encountered in implementation and how to resolve them. This book should be of interest to 3rd year and postgraduate students in production engineering, production engineers, systems designers.

About this edition

• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 1850913552
• ISBN 13: 9781850913559
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 194