Manufacturing host computer workstation

The author focuses on the concepts and physical integration of electronic notebooks, manufacturing claiming, feedback to the manufacturing operator, expert systems, statistical process control (SPC), engineering analysis of data, and decision support systems at a host computer manufacturing workstation. Future activity on a PC workstation with multitasking is also addressed, with a discussion of neural networks, CD-ROM, and natural language systems. The concepts are looked at in the order of use by a manufacturing operator. A tool is optionally setup for a run. Next, the tool is run and measurements are taken for both tool and process control software. As a result, recommendations can be made to the operator for tool and process changes. Further in-depth analysis can then be performed by engineers at a later time