This overview of flexible automation, CAD/CAM and computer-integrated manufacturing provides an up to date and comprehensive assessment of the diffusion of these new engineering techniques on a global scale. Based on a wealth of empirical information the theoretical discussion focuses on the economics of new technology and its impact on competitiveness and employment. The authors are able to discuss the rate of progress toward the fully integrated factory in both developed and developing nations. The database they have assembled gives a global picture of technology diffusion and the uneven path to total automation. For those studying this key topic, as well as managers and engineers, it should be essential reading.
- ISBN10 0631159711
- ISBN13 9780631159711
- Publish Date 29 April 1988
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 13 January 1994
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Imprint Blackwell Publishers
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 256
- Language English