Computer Integrated Manufacturing

CONTENTS INCLUDE: The business approach; Why CIM is important; Business perspectives for CIM; Analysis of manufacturing systems; Islands of computerization in manufacturing; Computer systems fundamentals; Information flow in manufacturing; Simulation; It will be different with CIM; Components of CIM architecture; Product and process design for CIM; Planning and control in a CIM environment; Today's automation and intelligent machines; Customer/supplier communication; Quality in a CIM environment; Implementation and the future; Planning, implementing and managing CIM; Continuing education and the future of CIM; Tutorials.