CIM: Principles of Computer-Integrated Manufacturing

Computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM) has become the key concept in future company strategy. Highly accessible, up-to-date, well-illustrated and practical, it begins with the historical emergence of the manufacturing integration and goes on to thoroughly examine the technical concepts as well as evaluate the economic significance of CIM. Demythologizes the most recent jargon and fashionable concepts in management, fitting all these isolated concepts into an ordered package and, in a futuristic version, puts forth a new approach to production.