Integrated Manufacturing Systems: Volume 2 Issue 3
Table of contents
Competing in Manufacturing with AMT
Mohamed ZairiThe article discusses the relevance of Advanced ManufacturingTechnology (AMT) at the strategic level. Based on a research projectinvolving 20 UK users of AMT innovation, the…
Relational Database Technology: Its Use for Real‐time Management Information
Alan FitzgeraldAssociated Newspapers have recently moved to a new £150mproduction facility in the London Docklands development area. The newproduction plant is one of the most modern printing…
The Case for Condition Based Maintenance
Paul Prickett, Simon EaveryThe introduction of ever more complicated machinery and associatedoperating procedures is placing an increasing strain on the maintenancefunction. The options available to a…
Lead Time and Cost Reduction: A CNC Programming System for Motor Vehicle Prototypes
Jerry FiremanSwitching to the MasterCam CNC programming system has allowed FordMotor Company research staff to produce a wide variety of prototypeparts with complex contours on CNC machine…