Abstract
There are two fundamental differences between a flexible manufacturing system and a traditional automated system. The first of these is an FMS computer control or host system which facilitates the simultaneous near optimal utilisation of resources within the FMS. The second is the FMS communications system. However, it does not necessarily follow that an automated system which includes a communications network and a computer system is an FMS. The plant might simply be equipped with a sophisticated direct numerical control (DNC) system.
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© 1988 Nigel R. Greenwood
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Greenwood, N.R. (1988). Communications. In: Implementing Flexible Manufacturing Systems. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-07959-9_9
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