Application of CASE within manufacturing industry

Author

Gavin, Carl J. ; Little, David

Author_Institution

Dept. of Ind. Studies, Liverpool Univ., UK

Volume

9

Issue

4

fYear

1994

fDate

7/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

140

Lastpage

152

Abstract

The current emphasis of many manufacturing organisations is on the achievement of internationally competitive standards. Computer-based manufacturing technology is recognised as a key to this. However, despite the growing dependence on information systems in the support of advanced manufacture, the manufacturing industry has been slow to adopt approaches and tools to effectively implement such systems. A significant cultural gap exists between manufacturing systems engineers, unable to specify their requirements adequately, and vendors of information technology, unable to appreciate the problems associated with manufacturing. The research presented here is aimed at investigating the relevance of software engineering and CASE in the specification of requirements for manufacturing information systems

Keywords

information systems; manufacturing data processing; manufacturing industries; production engineering computing; software engineering; CASE; advanced manufacture; computer-based manufacturing technology; cultural gap; information systems; information technology vendors; internationally competitive standards; manufacturing industry; manufacturing information systems; manufacturing systems engineers; software engineering;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Software Engineering Journal

Publisher

iet

ISSN

0268-6961

Type

jour

Filename

310702