Strategic Perspectives for Implementation of FMS, Robotics and CIM

Implementation of new technologies demands both management commitment and understanding of the technology. All too often management enthusiasm wanes before sufficient experience has been gained to benefit from the introduction of the new technology, leading to a premature declaration of the failure of the strategy.

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