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Appendix E: Glossary
Pages 184-190

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... At the lowest level, CAM includes programmable machines controlled by a centralized computer. At the highest level, large-scale systems integration includes control and supervisory systems.
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... . The process of combining the diverse corporate and social cultures brought on by global partnerships, including the safeguarding of intellectual assets, remuneration based on the value aciclecl by each participating organization, local work practices, social customs, liability sharing, and team-basecl cooperation for the overall benefit of the enterprise.
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... . Flexible solutions emphasize highly skilled personnel, flexible equipment, facility layouts, and manufacturing processes optimized for a rapicily changing business environment.
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... . A concept of totally interconnected and interrelated processes for creating product, from generation of the initial product concept and definition of its requirements, to optimization of the design of the product and its manufacturing processes, and to eventual creation of the product itself.
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... The LAN, through the control center, allows crevices such as computers, bar code reaclers, programmable controllers, ancl CNC machines to communicate with each other for control and exchange of information. Manufacturing resource planning (MRP 11~.
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... . A neutral mechanism for describing product data throughout the life cycle of a product independent from any particular system.
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... . A software element permitting combination of multiple design-and-manufacturing-related functions, including product design, process planning, process simulation, and fabrication controls, into a single interface using World Wide Web standards.


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