MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING IS THE LAST FRONTIER OF COMPUTER INTEGRATION. CAD/CAM, MRP, WORK INSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND SHOP FLOOR CONTROL ALL PRESENT DIFFERING VIEWS. THIS REQUIRES TODAY'S ME TO BE KNOWLEDGEABLE IN MANY COMPUTER SYSTEM DISCIPLINES, SOME OF WHICH WILL BE USED INFREQUENTLY. THESE ENVIRONMENTS PRESENT THE USER WITH DIFFERENT TERMINOLOGY AND INTERFACES, AND HINDER DATA CONTROL THROUGHOUT PROCESS ENGINEERING. WORKSTATIONS, RELATIONAL DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS HAVE OPENED UP NEW POSSIBILITIES FOR ME INTEGRATION. THIS PAPER DESCRIBES HOW CORE TECHNOLOGIES (NETWORKS AND RDBMS) CAN BE LAYERED WITH SECURITY AND CONTROL FUNCTIONS TO PROVIDE AN INTEGRATED FRAMEWORK FOR ME.
| Number of Pages : | 18 |
| Published : | 06/01/1992 |
