Shop Floor Control Systems

This book highlights the synthesis of manufacturing knowledge and information technology in providing an overall solution to the area of shop floor control. A combination of research with state of the art technology, the book goes from the theory of design to the practicability of implementation. This book should be of interest to senior undergraduate and postgraduate students on courses in manufacturing systems, production and operations management, industrial engineering; manufacturing engineers and management; information systems specialists; suppliers of information technology based manufacturing systems.