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Computer Integrated Manufacturing - Volume I: Revolution in Progress (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990)
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Computer Integrated Manufacturing - Volume I: Revolution in Progress (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990)
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Motivation of the Study CIM is an abbreviation for Computer
Integrated Manufacturing (see Sec tion 1. 4, Chapter 1). It is an
acronym that has become fairly weIl known in recent years in
manufacturing and related engineering circles, although most laymen
have never heard the term. The question naturaIly arises: why
should a multinational, multidisciplinary organization like IIASA
under take a major study of such a seemingly arcane topic at this
time of glasnost, perestroika, nuclear disarmament, and concern
with global climate change, among other issues of global
significance competing for our attention? The short answer to this
rhetorical question is that we think a new industrial revolution is
under way. If the first industrial revolution was the substitution
of steam power for human and animal muscles, the present revolution
is the substitution of electronic sensors for human eyes and ears,
and computers for human brains, at least in a certain category of
routine 'on-line' manufacturing operations. Its consequences may be
as far reaching (and as unexpected) as the consequences of the
'first' industrial revolution, which was just beginning about two
centuries ago. The industrial importance of steam power was, of
course, obvious to the farsighted entrepreneurs who actively
developed and invested in it, from Roebuck, Boulton, and the
Wilkinsons to the Stephensons. But the larger and longer-run
implications of its use - from 'satanic mills', child labour, and
Marxism to acid rain and climate change - were not foreseen at
aIl."
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Imprint: |
Springer
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Country of origin: |
Netherlands |
Release date: |
2013 |
First published: |
1990 |
Authors: |
Robert U. Ayres
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Dimensions: |
203 x 127 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
265 |
Edition: |
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990 |
ISBN-13: |
978-9401511087 |
Categories: |
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Science & Mathematics >
Physics >
General
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LSN: |
940151108X |
Barcode: |
9789401511087 |
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