SIMA Background Study

	NISTIR 5662




Background Study Requisite Elements, Rational, and Technology Overview for the Systems Integration for Manufacturing Applications (SIMA) Program



	Editors: Edward J. Barkmeyer Theodore H. Hopp Gaylen R. Rinaudot

	Contributors: Neil Christopher Shaw Feng Simon Frechette Al Jones Mark Luce Kevin Lyons Chuck McLean Stephen A. Osella Steven Ray Bradford Smith Evan Wallace Peter Wilson



	U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Technology Administration National Insitute of Standards and Technology Maufacturing Engineering Laboratory Manufacturing Systems Integration Division Gaithersburg, MD 20899


	September 1995



	U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Ronald H. Brown, Secretary TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION Mary L. Good, Under Secretary for Technology NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STADARDS AND TECHNOLOGY Arati Prabhakar, Director


Table of Contents Executive Summary Preface Part I: Project Overview Chapter 2: Objectives and Scope of the MSE Project Chapter 3: Project Implementation Part II: Manufacturing Sofware Applications Chapter 4: Engineering and Production Applications Chapter 5: Commercial Software for Manufacturing Applications Chapter 6: Integrated Systems development by U.S. Manufacturing Industry Chapter 7: Research Trends in Product Realizations Chapter 8: Standards Related to Manufacturing Applications Part III: Supporting Technologies Chapter 10: Systems Integration Technologies References Glossary of Acronyms Appendix A: Standards by Subject Appendix B: Standards Information Summary

Background Study Requisite Elements, Rational, and Technology Overview for the Systems Integration for Manufacturing Applications (SIMA) Program

Background Study
Requisite Elements, Rational, and Technology Overview for the Systems Integration for Manufacturing Applications (SIMA) Program