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Retooling Manufacturing Bridging Design, Materials, and Production (2004) / Chapter Skim
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1 The Need to Bridge Design, Materials, and Production
Pages 8-10

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From page 8...
... Bringing complex products to market or complex weapon systems to users in a short time at reasonable cost is a long-lasting concern and one that will become more acute in the future. This report investigates potential as well as the recognized accomplishments of information technology to enhance the process of communication between customers, engineers, and manufacturers, in short, to strengthen the bridge between design and manufacturing of goods.
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From page 9...
... In the committee's opinion, integrating manufacturing simulation models promises to substantially improve the efficiency of the design process, reducing the time to deployment and most importantly overall system cost. The additional capabilities made possible by adopting integrated manufacturing models could lead to the creation of new products and services, further expanding the nation's economic base and increasing international competitiveness.
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From page 10...
... This framework assumes a central role for information technology in the form of virtual design and manufacturing. Virtual design and manufacturing constitute an engineering process that integrates computational modeling, simulation, and visualization to design, develop, and evaluate products with their manufacturing processes to meet customers' life-cycle needs.
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