Plug and play software hones car and plane manufacture.

Plug and play software hones car and plane manufacture.

Working together, manufacturers, parts suppliers, information technology vendors, universities, and research organizations pull together complete manufacturing systems from distributed software components. The European Airbus consortium, Airbus Industrie, Blagnac, Cedex, France, is a good example, u...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:IEEE spectrum 35, 10 (1998).
Main Author: Doherty, C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Europe.
European Airbus consortium.
Automotive industries.
Commercial airliners.
Computer aided design tools.
Consortia partners.
Data exchange.
Design process integration.
Disparate suppliers.
Distributed software components.
Electronics engineers.
File format.
Information technology vendors.
Logistical challenges.
Manufacturing systems.
Parts suppliers.
Plane manufacture.
Plug and play software.
Research organizations.
Universities.