The Value of Advanced Manufacturing Technology: How to Assess the Worth of Computers in Industry

Explains how to determine the costs and benefits of introducing high technology into a manufacturing company, and how to fit the leftover truckload of uncertainties, variables, and unknowns into the equations. Among the topics are a consistent way of thinking about advanced manufacturing, how single systems fit into larger development patterns, organizational decision-making, and risk assessment. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.