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Introduction 13
capabilities of the processes and materials. Consequently, newer and superior products can be
produced more quickly and at lower costs.
Today, computers are not only used in manufacturing but they play also an important
role in all manufacturing related activities such as business or financial management, factory
level production management, CIM technologies, CAD, feature and solid modelling, and
CAM, manufacturing information, manufacturing system. The important sub-activities of
industrial environment have been identified to support with the use of computer in the
manufacturing industries. These are given as under:
1. Business or Financial Management
1. Costing
2. Sales and Marketing
3. Purchase Order Control
4. Vendors
5. Subcontracting
6. Personnel.
2. Factory Level Production management
1. Planning
2. Production Management
3. Manufacturing production scheduling (MPS)
4. Material requirement planning (MRP)
5. Just in time (JIT)
6. Bill of Materials
7. Capacity Planning
8. Inventory Control.
3. CIM Technologies
1. Computer Networks
2. System Design and Analysis
3. Distributed Processing
4. Database Management Manufacturing
5. Modelling and Simulation
6. Expert Systems
7. Quality Engineering.
4. Computer Aided Design (CAD)
This area is also known Feature and Solid Modelling
1. Variational and Parametric
2. Modelling
3. Computer Graphics
4. Graphic Standards