| Autoren: | CORBETT, J.-M.; RASMUSSEN, L-B.; RAUNER, F. | Titel: | Crossing the Border. The Social and Engineering Design of Computer Integrated Manufacturing Systems. | Abstract: | The growing realisation that flexibility is becoming a key factor in successful manufacturing strategy and organisational design has led to a reappraisal of those strategies based on a philosophy of „automation or liquidaton".\|Crossing the Border explores the relationship between human beings and computers in the factory invironment and examines the emergence of a new philosophy based on the idea of „human-centred technology".\|This book offers a unique insight into a large European project (ESPRIT project 1217) aimed at the design and development of a human-centred computer integrated manufacturing (CIM) system. An extensive case study, based on this project, illustrates the ways in which social scientists, engineers and users can participate in the planning and design of such systems.\|The authors examine the problems inherent in developing interdisciplinary design methods and of „crossing the border" between the social and engineering sciences. They offer proposals and guidelines for overcoming these problems based on their experience within the ESPRIT project.\|Crossing the Border is of particular interest to researchers and practitioners in the area of factory automation, to students and researchers in Al, and to all those involved with the human and organisational issues surrounding the computerised factory of the future. | Herausgeber: | | Buch/Zeitschriftname: | | Verlag: | Springer Verlag | Ort: | London | Jahr: | 1991 | Jhrg.: | | BdNr.: | | HeftNr.: | | Seitenzahl: | 135 | ISBN/ISSN: | | Preis: | | BestellNr. Extern: | |
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