New opportunities in manufacturing

North-Holland Microprocessing and Microprogramming21 (1987) 3-4

NEW OPPORTUNITIES IN MANUFACTURING

I.

D. Nussey

Engineering Manager IBM UK Warwick Development Group Warwickshire CV34 5JL

The speaker t r a c e s the f o r t u n e s of B r i t a i n s i n d u s t r y from before the i n d u s t r i a l p r e s e n t day,

subsequently p r e d i c t i n g

manufacturing

revolution

to the

improved prospects

based on computer i n t e g r a t e d manufacturing

and i t s

pre-

requisites. The f a c t o r s

behind some examples of the way d e c ] i n e has

been h a ] t e d

inc]ude sound management p r a c t i c e ,

u l a r the e x p ] o r a t i o n of m i c r o - e l e c t r o n i c s products

to

in p a r t i c improve

and manufacturing processes. There are s i g n i f -

icant opportunities systems e n g i n e e r i n g .

for

a new p r o f e s s i o n ,

manufacturing