TY - CHAP AU - Fan-Tien Cheng AU - Chih-Feng Chang AU - Shang-Lun Wu ED - V. Kordic ED - A. Lazinica ED - M. Merdan Y1 - 2006-07-01 PY - 2006 T1 - Development of Holonic Manufacturing Execution Systems N2 - The primary goal of this book is to cover the state-of-the-art development and future directions in modern manufacturing systems. This interdisciplinary and comprehensive volume, consisting of 30 chapters, covers a survey of trends in distributed manufacturing, modern manufacturing equipment, product design process, rapid prototyping, quality assurance, from technological and organisational point of view and aspects of supply chain management. BT - Manufacturing the Future SP - Ch. 3 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/5045 DO - 10.5772/5045 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-24 ER -