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The traditional approach to manufacturing has been to view it as a sequence of individual steps. Competitive pressures have however exposed the shortcomings of this view and compelled modern manufacturing enterprises to adopt a system approach, in which the various manufacturing activities form part of an interacting dynamic system.
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Jayendran, A. (2004). The computer control of manufacturing systems. In: Englisch für Maschinenbauer. Viewegs Fachbücher der Technik. Vieweg+Teubner Verlag, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-663-09933-8_23
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