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Developments in Manufacturing Technology |
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2 | (1) |
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3 | (2) |
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Advanced Manufacturing Technologies |
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5 | (1) |
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6 | (1) |
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6 | (3) |
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CIM Models and Concluding Remarks |
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9 | (1) |
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10 | (2) |
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Integration of Interconnected Networks |
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12 | (1) |
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Components of CIM and Available AMTs |
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12 | (8) |
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Integration of Subsystems |
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13 | (1) |
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14 | (1) |
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14 | (1) |
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Computer Numerical Control |
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15 | (1) |
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Computer Aided Manufacturing |
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15 | (1) |
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Computer Aided Quality Control |
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16 | (1) |
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Automatic Storage and Retrieval Systems |
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16 | (1) |
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17 | (1) |
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Computer Aided Process Planning |
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17 | (1) |
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18 | (1) |
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18 | (1) |
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Flexible Manufacturing System |
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19 | (1) |
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20 | (2) |
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Information Architecture and Planning a CIM System |
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22 | (1) |
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Communication Networks and Protocols for CIM |
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23 | (1) |
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24 | (1) |
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Functional Inter-Relationship Identification |
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25 | (3) |
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28 | (3) |
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31 | (1) |
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31 | (1) |
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Developments in Justification of CIM |
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32 | (1) |
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Engineering Economic Tools and Indices |
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33 | (4) |
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33 | (1) |
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33 | (1) |
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34 | (1) |
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35 | (1) |
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36 | (1) |
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36 | (1) |
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Existing approaches for AMT/CIM justification |
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37 | (8) |
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Economic Justification Approaches |
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38 | (1) |
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Analytic Justification Approaches |
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39 | (1) |
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39 | (1) |
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39 | (1) |
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39 | (1) |
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Strategic Justification Approaches |
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40 | (1) |
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Weighted scoring technique. |
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41 | (1) |
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Analytic hierarchy process |
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42 | (3) |
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Shortcomings of the Traditional Decision-Making Techniques |
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45 | (3) |
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Dilemma in Making Manufacturing Decisions |
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47 | (1) |
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An Insight to Avoid Shortcomings |
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48 | (1) |
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Value measurement techniques |
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49 | (2) |
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50 | (1) |
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51 | (1) |
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51 | (2) |
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Integrated Approach to CIM Justification and Optimisation |
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53 | (1) |
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Incorporating Strategic Focus into CIM Justification |
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53 | (2) |
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55 | (13) |
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Strategic Decision Profile |
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57 | (2) |
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Performance Measure Evaluation |
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59 | (1) |
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Analytic hierarchy process |
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59 | (2) |
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61 | (1) |
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Comparison of Performance Measures |
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62 | (1) |
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Identifying Suitable Subsystems |
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63 | (3) |
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Limitations of the database |
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66 | (1) |
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Equipment Selection Procedure |
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67 | (1) |
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68 | (1) |
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69 | (1) |
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Assessing the Impact of Investment in CIM |
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70 | (1) |
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Cost-Impact Evaluation in Functional Units |
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70 | (12) |
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Theory on Evaluating Cost-Impact |
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71 | (1) |
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Preliminary cost-impact analysis |
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72 | (1) |
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Definitive cost-impact analysis |
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73 | (1) |
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Financial Analysis of the Investment |
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73 | (1) |
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A Methodology to Estimate Financial Benefits of attributes |
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74 | (7) |
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81 | (1) |
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Application of Cost-Value Technique for Quantification of Intangibles |
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82 | (1) |
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Utilisation of Cost-Value Method |
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83 | (3) |
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86 | (1) |
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87 | (1) |
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88 | (1) |
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Need for CIM Optimisation |
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88 | (2) |
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Pitfalls of Sub-Optimisation and Islands of Automation |
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90 | (1) |
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Identifying Strategic Focus for Global Optimisation |
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91 | (1) |
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Mathematical Models for CIM Optimisation |
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91 | (2) |
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92 | (1) |
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Achieving Optimum Resource Allocation |
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93 | (3) |
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96 | (1) |
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96 | (2) |
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A Decision Support System for CIM Investment |
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98 | (1) |
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Need for Decision Support Systems |
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98 | (1) |
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99 | (2) |
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Transaction Processing Systems |
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100 | (1) |
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Management Information Systems |
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100 | (1) |
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100 | (1) |
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101 | (1) |
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Background and Assumptions |
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101 | (1) |
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102 | (23) |
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Strategic Decision Profile |
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103 | (3) |
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Evaluation of Performance Measures |
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106 | (2) |
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Identification of Functional Inter-Relationships |
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108 | (1) |
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Evaluation of Tentative Cost-Impact |
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109 | (3) |
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Evaluation of Financial Measure |
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112 | (1) |
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Illustrative example for value assignment |
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113 | (4) |
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Calculation of Financial Indices |
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117 | (6) |
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123 | (1) |
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124 | (1) |
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125 | (1) |
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125 | (1) |
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Guidelines for Implementing CIM |
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126 | (1) |
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Implementation Guidelines |
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126 | (5) |
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128 | (3) |
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131 | (2) |
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133 | (3) |
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The Significance of the Approach |
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136 | (2) |
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Future Developments of CIM |
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138 | (5) |
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Developments in Research Directions |
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141 | (2) |
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143 | (1) |
| Appendix 1 |
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A 1.1 The Computation of Consistency Ratio |
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144 | (3) |
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A 1.2 Priority Weight and Consistency Calculation for Second Order Matrix |
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147 | (1) |
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148 | (1) |
| Appendix 2 |
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A 2.1 Benefits gained by the introduction of AMTs |
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149 | (4) |
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A 2.2 The knowledge-base of DSSCIM |
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153 | (3) |
| Index |
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