%0 Book %A National Research Council %T Information Technology for Manufacturing: A Research Agenda %@ 978-0-309-05179-8 %D 1995 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/4815/information-technology-for-manufacturing-a-research-agenda %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/4815/information-technology-for-manufacturing-a-research-agenda %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Industry and Labor %K Computers and Information Technology %P 192 %R doi:10.17226/4815 %X This book describes a vision of manufacturing in the twenty-first century that maximizes efficiencies and improvements by exploiting the full power of information and provides a research agenda for information technology and manufacturing that is necessary for success in achieving such a vision. Research on information technology to support product and process design, shop-floor operations, and flexible manufacturing is described. Roles for virtual manufacturing and the information infrastructure are also addressed. A final chapter is devoted to nontechnical research issues.