The role of process planning in computer integrated manufacturing
โ Scribed by J.W. Lyons
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 127 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0010-4485
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โฆ Synopsis
One of the central problems in assessing the role of process planning in CIM is the paucity of current systems available to address the stringent needs of CAPP in a CIM context. This paper reviews these stringent needs and classifies the available systems accordingly. It concludes with a summary of the key issues facing companies considering CAPP in CIM.
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The origins of Computer-Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) lie in an engineering culture of the early 1980s fascinated by the ideal of a totally automated, workerless, mass production factory. This ideal has three limitations in reality. It under-estimates the different requirements of batch production