CeBIT '96: Dawn of the Second Industrial
Revolution
A paradigm shift is on the way for the manufacturing
industry, and as evidenced by the displays at this year's CeBIT show
in Hannover, Germany, that shift involves software's usurpation of
hardware to power the industrial automation of the future.
News in Brief
A compilation of newsworthy items of interest to manufacturers.
ICE: Joint Venture Heats up Car Design
The Integrated Car Engineer (ICE) is a joint venture by
Concentra Corp., Lotus Engineering, and Tata Technologies to enable
car manufacturers to design new vehicles in days, rather than
months.
Competing in a Global Economy
Manufacturers will need to focus on innovative alliances, as well as
new approaches to operations improvement and cost management, to
maintain their competitiveness in the global economy.
Formula One Team Relies on CATIA
Support for the design and construction of the 1996 season cars for
the Formula One racing team Red Bull-Sauber-Ford is being handled by
the addition of 12 additional seats of CATIA from IBM.
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.
MESA Begins Work on SMART Project
This article details the implementation of intelligent agents into
the framework of manufacturing execution systems (MES) software.
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