Principles of Computer Integrated Manufacturing
Published on 5. August 1992
Book
Paperback/Softback
206 pages
978-0-471-93450-9 (ISBN)
Description
Computer-integrated manufacturing or CIM has become the key concept in future company strategy. Because it is sometimes referred to as an integrated system of production, the field of CIM has appeared to be restricted literally to factory production alone. In fact, the objective of CIM is more extensive: it aims to help with all business functions, not only in production, and to establish close, systematic and frequent relationships between the various functional units by the optimum use of one of the basic resources of business: information. The author demythologizes the most recent jargon and fashionable concepts in management: CIM, Kanban systems, SMED, "tight flow", just-in-time and systems. He fits all these concepts into an ordered package and presents a new approach to production.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chichester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
350 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-93450-9 (9780471934509)
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Content
Part 1 Integrated production and the CIM method: introduction; computer-integrated manufacturing - staking all on technology; from cottage industries to the integrated plant; what is involved; a continually growing market. Part 2 The technology available for a CIM approach: from isolated data-processing systems to a CIM model; control of the firm - the master schedule; product planning, design and manufacture; production control; manufacturing plant and production systems; communication between applications. Part 3 Integrated production control - the backbone of CIM: on the importance of an integrated system of production control; formal structure of the technical data in an industrial company; MRP and MRP2; the truth about production costs; order tracking as support for quality control. Part 4 "Just-In-Time" production systems: Make-to-order production; reducing wastage and simplifying; continuous flow manufacturing; the Kanban system; from the Kanban system to the synchronous system. Part 5 Structure of data and databases: CIM and the structure of management information systems; databases and database management systems. Part 6 Methods for the analysis and design of an information system: importance of a method for designing an information system; MERISE - the guiding principles of the model; the SADT method in the functional analysis of manufacturing plant and manufacturing systems; towards second generation information technology - the KADS method and artificial intelligence. Part 7 The financial return from a CIM project: are computer-aided systems worthwhile?; investment decisions; evaluation of investment plans; costs and benefits of the MRP2 system. Appendices: CIM and standardization; glossary of terms and abbreviations; case study of a CIM unit (BULL); case study of just-in-time production (Peugeot).