Information Technology for Manufacturing: A Research Agenda (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780309051798)

This book describes a vision of manufacturing in the twenty-first century that maximizes efficiencies and improvements by exploiting the full power of information and provides a research agenda for information technology and manufacturing that is necessary for success in achieving such a vision. Research on information technology to support product and process design, shop-floor operations, and flexible manufacturing is described. Roles for virtual manufacturing and the information infrastructure are also addressed. A final chapter is devoted to nontechnical research issues.

Author: National Research Council,Computer Science and Telecommunications,Committee to Study Information Technolog
ISBN-10: 0309051797
ISBN-13: 9780309051798
Publisher: National Academies Press
Language: English
Published: 03/27/1995
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 9.18h x 6.00w x 0.47d