| | | Preface | | |
| | | Acknowledgements | | |
| | | Contributors | | |
| | | The business approach | | |
| 1 | | Why CIM is important | | 3 |
| 2 | | Business perspectives for CIM | | 13 |
| 3 | | Analysis of manufacturing systems by M. J. Gregory | | 36 |
| | | Islands of computerization in manufacturing | | |
| 4 | | Computer system fundamentals | | 57 |
| 5 | | Information flow in manufacturing by W. H. Baillie | | 90 |
| 6 | | Simulation by N. D. Thomson | | 119 |
| | | It will be different with CIM | | |
| 7 | | Components of a CIM architecture | | 141 |
| 8 | | Product and process design for CIM by E. Appleton | | 168 |
| 9 | | Planning and control in a CIM environment | | 202 |
| 10 | | Todays automation and intelligent machines by D. J. Williams and M. E. Duncan | | 224 |
| 11 | | Customer/supplier communication | | 258 |
| | | Implementation and the future | | |
| 12 | | Quality in a CIM environment | | 271 |
| 13 | | Planning, implementing and managing CIM by P. G. Stokes | | 284 |
| 14 | | Continuing education and future developments in CIM | | 296 |
| | | Tutorials | | 307 |
| | | Index | | 314 |