Abstract: This chapter describes the development of the manufacturing processManufacturing process since the mid-1960s when management turned to a more scientific approach. The introduction of computers found ready ground for their implementation. Computers enabled the use of complex algorithms to regulate and control the manufacturing process, and thereby introduced better planning and control. These manufacturing control systems dominated the industry up until the early 80s. The dominant methods and concepts were: Management Information System (MIS)Management Information System (MIS) ; Production and Inventory Control Systems (PICS); Material Requirement Planning (MRP)Requirement planning ; and Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM)Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) . The fact that these systems could not deliver the required control and benefits created a need for a new paradigm for manufacturing methodsManufacturing methods . In addition, the competitivCompetitive manufacturing objective e market of the late 1980s and early 1990s imposed new demands and objectives on the manufacturing processManufacturing process that required a similar paradigm. More than 140 proposals were presented, none of which became “the” manufacturing method. Most of them made use of “routine,” which makes the system complex and does not satisfy the cost control needs of the system.
Publication Year: 2017
Publication Date: 2017-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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