Realising CIM's industrial potential : Proceedings of the Ninth CIM-Europe Annual Conference 12-14 May 1993 RAI Amsterdam, The Netherlands CEC DG XIII Information technologies and industries, and telecommunications

Foreword. Implementing Total Quality: After the honeymoon is over - S. Smith, S. Whittle, D. Tranfield, M Foster. CIM design methodology: managing the realization of CIM systems - G R Meijer, U Kirchhoff. Productivity enhancement and innovations in SMEs. A case study - A De Oliveira, H Bolk. G Slagmolen, E Westkamper. CIMTRENDS - G Rzevski, E Havn, P Kidd, R Salonna, R Smeulders, D Brandt. Multi-stage orders release as a basic component of a distributed shop floor control architecture in coexistent manufacturing - I P Tatsiopoulos. G A Zenzefilis. Integrated solutions for the process industry - L E Shelly. CAD/CAM Integration of an operation planning system for prismatic parts - P Perremans. D Van Campenhoudt. Towards an infrastructure for product data technology - W Gielingh. Manufacturing / retail partnership through global logistic optimization - T B Hua. The logistics of cash-flow diagnosis - A C Wolff. A D de Vos. Efficient logistics to improve productivity - A Bilberg. From master production scheduling to concurrent enterprise planning - F Dupas. P Higgins. Modular design of shop floor control systems - P Timmermans. L Szakal. R Van Riessen. TOSCA - An innovative approach to production scheduling - H Beck. Requirements of an installation bus concept for production cells - M Jantzer. G Gruhler. Time management in communication for real time applications - P Lorenz, Z Mammeri, J Thomesse. Physical error recovery for NC - machines - U Schmidt. Concurrent design as the first step towards simultaneous engineering - R F Schmidt. IPDES - An approach to the integration of design and manufacturing - M Afzali, J M Brun, P Serrafero, A Neumann. A robust design for recycling - E P Rose, S Evans. Theoretical aspects of CIMOSA modelling - I L Kotsiopoulos. McCIM: Execution of CIMOSA models - M Didic, F Neuscheler, L Bogdanowicz. Building CIM in a modular fashion - R Maglica, N Martensson. Flexible engineering: New product development becomes source of profit and continuity - B van Baal. Controlling the design process according codes of practice: the AUTOCODE controller - M Garijo, J Lopez. Supporting instead of replacing the planner - A knowledge-based assistant system for factory layout planning - M Kloth, B Hellingrath. Designing and implementing CIM to support the lean production paradigm - G Spina. R Verganti. Application of lean production principles in implementing CIM technologies in European industrial enterprises - D Stokic, U Kirchhoff, J Cordes. Integration of production, storage and ligistics of a cheese refinement packing and distribution centre - W van Dusseldorp, A C Roodnat. Assembly planning in a robot cell environment - A Armillotta, Q Semeraro. Automatic component selection - P Paasiala. A Aaltonen, A Riitahuhta. Developing cell control software for a robot welding cell - H J Lynggaard, L Alting. Real-time shop floor control: modular system and integration tools - J M Mendonca, J W Schulte, S McCarthy.