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Flexible Design of Manufacturing Information Systems

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The aim of the author’s research is to produce a methodology for flexible manufacturing information systems design applicable to the fast moving needs of present day manufacturing industry.

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Wainwright, D.W. (1988). Flexible Design of Manufacturing Information Systems. In: Benyon, D., Skidmore, S. (eds) Automating Systems Development. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1033-4_4

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