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1. TABLE OF CONTENTS


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
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