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Vol 26 - No 03 - April 2000 Manufacturing - past, present and future: Part 3: The Future This is the third part of a three part series based upon David Little’s inaugural lecture as professor in manufacturing systems at the University of Huddersfield... Part 1 in the series examined the important change from craft based manufacture to mass production which, through the emergence of the factory system, changed much of our landscape and many of our lifestyles. Part 2 recognised the important and growing role of technology in manufacture and considered our relative economic performance when compared to other, competitor, developed nations. In particular, it drew attention to our relatively low productivity and our apparent fall in the generation of innovative products and processes. Part 3 looks to the future and the challenges we face.... Page number: Page: 17 Word count: Words: approx. 1200 Related Topics: Enterprise resource planning Material requirements planning
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