
CIM – Mechanical Aspects
State of the Art Report
- 1st Edition - January 1, 1988
- Imprint: Pergamon
- Editor: Gareth Evans
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 1 2 7 0 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 4 5 1 2 - 9
CIM - Mechanical Aspects: State of the Art Report contains different points of view about computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM). This report is organized into three parts:… Read more

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Request a sales quoteCIM - Mechanical Aspects: State of the Art Report contains different points of view about computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM). This report is organized into three parts: invited papers, analysis, and bibliography. The invited papers part examines various mechanical aspects of CIM. The analysis part assesses the major advances and provides a balanced analysis of the state of the art in CIM. Bibliography compiles the most important published material on the subject of mechanical aspects of CIM.
Editor's Foreword
Publisher's Note
Invited Papers
1 Honeywell Bull in Manufacturing Automation
2 The Ups and Downs in Implementing CIM
3 CIM - The next Five Years
4 CIM in an Assembly Plant
5 Unisys on CIM
6 Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and Intercompany Networks
7 CIM - A Business Impact
8 Manufacturing Automation Protocol (MAP) for Systems Integration
9 The Role of Geometric Solid Modeling in Integrating Design and Manufacture
10 DEC on CIM
Invited Paper references
Analysis
1 CIM - The Scope
2 CIM - Evolution and Background
3 CIM - The State of the Art
4 CIM - The Users
5 CIM - Planning, Implementation and Impact
6 CIM - Communications
7 CIM - The Future
8 CIM - Summary
Appendix 1: List of Business Areas and their Breakdown
Appendix 2: Glossary of Terms
Appendix 3: Exhibitions and Conferences 1988-1989
Bibliography
An Annotated Bibliography of CIM - Mechanical Aspects
Index
Subject and Contributor Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 1, 1988
- No. of pages (eBook): 348
- Imprint: Pergamon
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9781483112701
- eBook ISBN: 9781483145129
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Gareth Evans
Professor Evans is Professor of Medical Genetics at the University of Manchester. He is one of the world’s leading experts on breast cancer genetics and Neurofibromatosis type 2. He is an NIHR Senior Investigator and has published over 760 peer reviewed research publications; 276 as first or senior author. He has published over 126 reviews and chapters and has had a book published by Oxford University Press on familial cancer. He has an ISI web of knowledge H-index of 100 and a google scholar H-index of 139 having only published his first article in 1990. In the last 5 years he has raised over £35 million in grants for multicentre and local studies – approximately £31 million to Manchester. He is Chief Investigator on two (£1.59 & £1 million) NIHR program grant (2009-2014 and 2016-2020) on breast cancer risk prediction and also has an NIHR RfPB grant as CI (2011). He has led a successful bid for a Nationally funded NF2 service (£7.5 million pa) that started in 2010. He is theme lead and cancer lead on the All Manchester NIHR Biomedical Research Centre worth £28.5 Million (2016-2020). He also leads the NICE Familial Breast Cancer Guideline Development Group.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Medical Genetics, Academic Unit of Medical Genetics, St. Mary's Hospital, Manchester, UKRead CIM – Mechanical Aspects on ScienceDirect