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4.10 Manufacturing Automation Protocol . . . . . . 216
4.10.1 Broadband System for MAP
Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
4.10.2 Carrier-Band System for MAP
Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
4.10.3 Bridges MAP Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . 219
4.10.4 Token Systems for MAP
Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
4.11 Multiple-Ring Digital Communication
Network—AbNET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
4.12 The Universal Memory Network . . . . . . . . . 223
4.13 Satellite Sensor Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Further Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
5 The Role of Sensors and Control Technology
in Computer-Integrated Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . 229
5.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
5.2 The CIM Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
5.2.1 The CIM Plan in
Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
5.2.2 The CIM Plan in Engineering
and Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
5.2.3 The CIM Plan in Production
Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
5.2.4 The CIM Plan in Physical
Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
5.2.5 The CIM Plan for Business
Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
5.2.6 The CIM Plan for the
Enterprise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
5.3 The Manufacturing Enterprise Model . . . . . 232
5.3.1 Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
5.3.2 Engineering and Research . . . . . . . . 235
5.3.3 Production Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
5.3.4 Plant Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
5.3.5 Physical Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
5.3.6 Business Management . . . . . . . . . . . 244
5.4 Design of CIM with Sensors and Control
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
5.4.1 Components of CIM with Sensors
and Control Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
5.4.2 CIM with Sensors and Control
Systems at the Plant Level . . . . . . . . 248
5.5 Decision Support System for CIM with Sensors
and Control Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252