CCE: An Integration Platform for Distributed Manufacturing Applications (Paperback)

ESPRIT Consortium CCE-CNMA

ISBN 10: 3540590609 / ISBN 13: 9783540590606

Published by Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin, 1995

Paperback. This book describes CCE, the CIME Computing Environment (for Computer Integrated Manufacturing and Engineering), a software platform for the development and execution of distributed manufacturing applications in an open environment. It is one of the rare books covering such a broad spectrum of advanced computing technologies, without giving too many details. The reader will gain an insight into all the issues affecting distributed manufacturing applications, helping to make better choices. The book is designed so that it may be used as a reference manual, satisfying specific topics of interest. The structure of the book and the reader's guide is shown in a diagram that helps the reader through the book. This volume describes the computer integrated manufacturing and engineering environment, a software platform for the development and execution of distributed manufacturing applications in an open environment. It provides the reader with insight into issues affecting distributed manufacturing. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9783540590606

Synopsis:

Within CIME environments, one continually comes across a multitude of different working practices, network devices, information systems and manufacturing technologies. This heterogeneous environment extends to individual enterprises and can have profound effects on the efficiency and effectiveness of an organisation, and often results in symptoms such as: long product lead times, poor visibility of the product and process status, high product inventory and work-in­ progress, low data integrity, etc., as well as incurring excessive infrastructure costs. Having to select an appropriate information system to help achieve the business objectives of anyone manufacturing enterprise can be an awesome task. During the 1980s, vendor-independent communications such as MAP (Manu­ facturing Automation Protocol) and CNMA (Communications Network for Manufacturing Applications) brought standard, open communications to computer controlled industrial devices, but this alone was not enough to satisfy the more demanding requirements of creating and maintaining manufacturing applications. In order to create manufacturing solutions that effectively utilise Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) it is necessary to look beyond the standard communications protocols to how and why applications are developed.

Bibliographic Details

Title: CCE: An Integration Platform for Distributed...
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin
Publication Date: 1995
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new