Information Technology for Manufacturing

A Research Agenda

• Author(s): Committee to Study Information Technology and Manufacturing, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, National Research Council,
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Pages: 164
• ISBN_10: 0309521181
  ISBN_13: 9780309521185
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Business & Economics / Labor , Technology & Engineering / Industrial Technology ,

Description:... 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.