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Chapter 1 has given some indication of the unprecedented problems and opportunities facing manufacturing industry today. The problems are both complex and interdependent, so that solutions cannot be sought in isolation. Parallel with these problems are the evolution processes of technological development. It can be argued that manufacturing industries are now leaving one technological age which is characterized by machines, and are in transition to the age of systems.

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Further reading

  • Blanchard, B.S. (1981), Systems Engineering and Analysis, Pretice Hall.

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  1. Department of Manufacturing and Engineering Systems, Brunel University, Middlesex, UK

    B. Wu

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Wu, B. (1992). Systems concepts. In: Manufacturing Systems Design and Analysis. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3128-5_2

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3128-5_2

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