Intelligent Manufacturing € February € 1996 € Vol. 2 € No. 2

Table of Contents:


Continuous Flow Manufacturing
The currently used "push" approach to manufacturing is undergoing a paradigm shift toward a "pull" methodology. This article examines how continuous flow manufacturing enables manufacturing companies to adapt their operations to this new process methodology.

News in Brief
A compilation of newsworthy items of interest to manufacturers.

Motorola Develops Intelligent PCB Assembly System
G2 -- an object-oriented real-time intelligent system from Gensym Corp. has enabled Motorola to develop custom manufacturing applications for its printed circuit board assembly operations.

Sandia Develops Intelligent Agents
An intelligent agent-based architecture, designed to support agile manufacturing at Sandia National Laboratories, empowers machines to request and receive information from each other, thereby communicating laterally rather than through a hierarchical arrangement.

Managing the Electronic Supply Chain
By joining supply chain management and the Internet, Technology Solutions has developed a strategy to enable electronic commerce -- the marriage of technology, applications, processes, and business strategies that foster information exchange to improve markets, sell goods and reduce operating costs.

Manufacturer's Library
Reviews of books, videos and CD-ROMs of interest to the manufacturer.

Products
A round-up of recently released manufacturing products.

Calendar
A listing of upcoming intelligent manufacturing-related events.

UMass Builds a Factory of the Future ... with Lincoln Logs
The Lincoln Logs Factory of the Future combines CAD, robotic assembly and multimedia communications into an automated, working manufacturing system.

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