Strategic advantages of interoperability for global manufacturing using CNC technology

Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 699-708

  Newman, S T ^a   Nassehi, A ^a   Xu, X W ^b   Rosso Jr , R S U ^c   Wang, L ^d   Yusof, Y ^e   Ali, L ^f   Liu, R ^g   Zheng, L Y ^h   Kumar, S ^a   Vichare, P ^a   Dhokia, V ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c SANTA CATARINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITI TUN HUSSEIN ONN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^f NATIONAL ENGINEERING AND SCIENTIFIC COMMISSION   (Pakistan)

^g SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CNC; Global manufacturing; Interoperability; STEP NC

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; INTEROPERABILITY; MACHINING; NUMERICAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; STANDARDS; TECHNOLOGY;

CNC; CNC MACHINE TOOLS; CNC TECHNOLOGY; COMPUTING SYSTEMS; FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS; GLOBAL MANUFACTURING; INFORMATION AVAILABILITY; INTEROPERABLE; LIMITING FACTORS; MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES; MANUFACTURING IS; NUMERICAL CONTROL; PRODUCTION CAPACITIES; STEP STANDARDS; STEP-NC; STRATEGIC ADVANTAGES;

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 50349095815     PISSN: 07365845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcim.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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