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Publication summary
Author(s): Simon Frechette and Charles McLean
Publication date: August 1990
Citation: Simon Frechette and Charles McLean: "System Requirements Analysis for the U.S. Army Rock Island Arsenal Tool Management System," NISTIR 4369, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, 1990.
Availability:
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Abstract:
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The U.S. Army is conducting an extensive manufacturing
modernization program at the Rock Island Arsenal (RIA) in Illinois.
Tool management, as it applies to these automated systems, is one area
that RIA has identified for additional modernization activities.
Engineers at the Rock Island Arsenal and the National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST) recognize that a consistent and
integrated implementation of tool management is critical to the Army's
manufacturing program. The purpose of this document is to outline
requirements for implementing automated tool management systems at
Rock Island. Tool management is not a single, simple activity--it is
comprised of a complex and pervasive set of functions. No commercial
systems are known to exist which perform all of the functions outlined
in this document. This study documents joint efforts by NIST and RIA
staff to develop an open architecture for tool management at the Rock
Island manufacturing facility.
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