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Integrated Manufacturing Systems: An Overview
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... A gloomy view of this new economic environment can project dismal consequences for the quality of life in America. A more optimistic view recognizes that despite challenges to the nation's economic and technological strength, this fundamental change in the competitive environment presents opportunities as well as challenges.
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... Numerous conferences and groups have addressed issues related to the changing nature of manufacturing. The National Research Council, through the Manufacturing Studies Board, recently completed a broad examination of the current status of U.S.
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... Competitive pressures have increased the urgency of the plea for better coordination between design and manufacturing and for improved tools to support this coordination. To date, the research community has provided little help in this arena, leaving the practitioners to struggle as best they can with ad hoc procedures.
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... Proliferation of product variety, coupled with a generally faster pace of new product introduction, has led to shorter product life cycles. With the market life of many electronic products such as personal computers and audio/video equipment now only about eighteen months, a new generation of a product can quickly render an earlier design obsolete so that it can no longer compete.
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... However, there is a new urgency to the need as we attempt to direct the relatively scarce resources available for research in manufacturing to those key issues on which our future competitiveness will rely. If the views expressed in this volume are a true measure, a substantial number of people are apparently ready to work together to consider collectively where the priorities lie.
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... Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press. National Research Council (NRC)
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