โ Scribed by Bolek Brunak
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Application of high technology in developing countries with the objective of accelerated industrial growth and diversification is the subject of this paper. The use of numerical control and of flexible CAM systems is envisioned to produce a growing variety of new products in small batches and thereby overcome the bottleneck problem of small markets plaguing developing countries. Products produced in industrialized countries could be duplicated instantaneously at any plant around the globe by the use of computerized data transmission. With such an innovative system, countless new jobs would be generated in developing countries and local demand for affordable new products could be satisfied. For licensors (manufacturers of products) as well as for builders of computerized manufacturing and communication systems, along with related services and products in industrialized countries, this system would create sizable new markets. A feasibility study of a pilot plant in a developing country (Mexico) using such a system is proposed with cooperation of private and government sponsored research. After gaining experience with successful operation of a pilot plant, such a flexible system could be adapted for transfer to other developing countries.
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