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4. Recommendations
Pages 40-46

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... This Committee believes that the Manned Space Station program is not only a logical but an essential place for NASA to initiate a concerted computer-integrated manufacturing effort. The use of CIM for the Manned Space Station is essential to meeting the program's administrative goals -- a manned station in space in 1992 at a total cost of $8 billion -- because manual coordination of the data to support the design and manufacturing of systems components would be time consuming and prone to error.
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... They indicate, for example, that to implement an effective CIM program, the Administrator would instruct the manager of the space station program and the directors of the NASA laboratories involved to prepare a master plan. Execution of the plan would be directed by the Administrator through the program manager and laboratory directors.
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... Individual company applications of CIM technology will vary in hardware, software, and order of implementation. However, many issues in data communication, data bases, and process modeling surpass the abilities of single companies and could best be resolved cooperatively.
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... 4. The Committee recommends that the federal government continue to undertake research to resolve fundamental technical issues related .
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... 5. The Committee recommends that federal agencies that purchase manufactured goods accept digital data sets compatible with the Initial Graphics Exchange Specification, rather than requiring conventional drawings, as a deliverable item under contracts.
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... 6. The Committee recommends that manufacturing companies considering investment in product design or manufacturing process technology consider computer-integrated manufacturing.
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... · The CIM manager implement e the plan gradually, adjusting the pace of adoption to the company's ability to assimilate change. · The CIM manager seeks opportunities for cooperative efforts where appropriate -- with universities for technology transfer, education, and research; with national efforts such as ICAM, IPAD, and the AMRF; and with professional societies to share knowledge, educate employees, and encourage common data communication standards.
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