IE 542 Manufacturing Information Systems

Information management for manufacturing enterprise integration with emphasis on concepts such as CIM and Concurrent Engineering, production management approaches such as MRP II, JIT and OPT, engineering functions such as CAD and CAPP, and Shop Floor Control. A development framework for an information system for Shop Floor Control: structured analysis for modelling information requirements, a reference model for system design; a review of information requirements, a reference model for system design; a review of information technology including state-of-the-art architectures and tools such as distributed systems, open systems, factory networks, communication standards, and database management systems.