1. TABLE OF CONTENTS

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1. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.1

AA:2. AUTOMATION 1.4

AA:2.1 INTRODUCTION 1.4

AC:2.2 THE BIG PICTURE 1.5

AC:2.3 PRACTICE PROBLEMS 1.14

AE:2.4 COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING (CAM) 1.15

AO:3. FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS (FMS) 1.16

AO:3.1 OVERVIEW 1.16

3.2 COMPUTER COMMUNICATION TO SUPPORT FMS 1.20

AO:3.3 THE FUTURE OF FMS 1.24

AO:3.4 PRACTICE PROBLEMS 1.24

AO:3.5 AN EXAMPLE OF AN FMS CELL 1.26

AO:3.6 THE NEED FOR CONCURRENT PROCESSING 1.37

AO:3.7 PRACTICE PROBLEMS 1.39

AA:4. MATERIAL HANDLING 1.40

AA:4.1 INTRODUCTION 1.40

AA:4.2 VIBRATORY FEEDERS 1.42

AM:4.3 PRACTICE QUESTIONS 1.42

AI:5. COMPUTERS IN THE FACTORY 1.43

AI:5.1 COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE 1.43

AI:5.2 IDEF MODELLING OF THE CORPORATION 1.45

AI:5.3 PRACTICE QUESTIONS 1.49

AA:6. INTEGRATION ISSUES 1.51

AA:6.1 CORPORATE SSTRUCTURES 1.51

AA:6.2 CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS 1.51

6.3 COMPUTER CONTROLLED BATCH PROCESSES 1.61

6.4 PRACTICE PROBLEMS 1.62

AQ:7. GROUP TECHNOLOGY (GT) 1.64

AQ:7.1 OVERVIEW 1.64

AQ:7.2 SOME DETAILS 1.64

AQ:7.3 IMPLEMENTATION 1.67

AQ:7.4 GT MACHINE CELLS 1.68

7.5 REFERENCES 1.68

AG:8. COMPUTER AIDED PROCESS PLANNING (CAPP) 1.69

AG:8.1 OVERVIEW 1.69

AG:8.2 CAPP SOFTWARE 1.71

8.3 REFERENCES 1.72

AS:9. PRODUCTION PLANNING AND CONTROL 1.73

AS:9.1 OVERVIEW 1.73

AS:9.2 SCHEDULING 1.74

AS:9.3 SHOP FLOOR CONTROL 1.76

AA:10. PLANNING AND ANALYSIS 1.78

AC:10.1 FACTORS TO CONSIDER 1.78