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Vol 22 - No 08 - October 1996 A brief history of manufacturing control systems. A personal view of where we went wrong. Part 4 This series of four articles traces the history of manufacturing control systems; showing where we went wrong; what we are still doing wrong; and what companies, who have relied heavily on systems solutions, can do to regain their competitiveness. Part 4 looks at World Class Manufacturing Techniques (JIT, TQM, Cellular Manufacturing, etc.) together with Activity Based Management. Related Topics: Analytical techniques Just-in-time Quality management
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