Technology in new generations of manufacturing equipment has to support the business strategy of responsiveness to cusstomers in a global manufacturing environment.This means that technologies such as electronics,optics,ocmputing and communications need to be integrated into,not added onto,manufacturing equipment.In a global manufacturing environment,productioon equipment serves as the precise tools to rapidely deliver customized products.This means that new methodologies and concepts will use these technologies to guarantee availability over time in a variety of environments,possible providng operating feedback to improve new equipemtn designs.With a sglobal and distributed work force,detailed technological simulations will use multimedia interfaces,not only for control,but for training oeprators and capturing their operatioonal knowledge.
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