Title :
An organic approach to the evolution of manufacturing technology
Author :
Hurriyet, Hilal ; Agrawal, Rakesh
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Western Sydney, Rydalmere, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
Summary form only given. In this paper, the historical progress model leading to the factory of the future is tracked by through four polytrophic components of manufacturing technology. The polytrophic component technology (technoware, orgaware, humanware and infoware) have been selected as a tool to scan and examine the development stages. The reasons for that are those properties, which are called polytrophic, are able to develop through their interaction with one another. Basically it is expected that it should be able to explain the evolution in terms of those interactions that have been going on since craft production
Keywords :
history; management; manufacture; production; craft production; factory of the future; historical progress model; humanware; infoware; manufacturing technology evolution; organic approach; orgaware; polytrophic components; technoware; Application software; Artificial intelligence; Australia; Computer aided manufacturing; Computer integrated manufacturing; Flexible manufacturing systems; Intelligent robots; Manufacturing industries; Mass production; Production facilities;
Conference_Titel :
Management of Engineering and Technology, 1999. Technology and Innovation Management. PICMET '99. Portland International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Portland, OR
Print_ISBN :
1-890843-02-4
DOI :
10.1109/PICMET.1999.808309
