Herbert Tuttle
Director
Assistant Professor
125 C Regents Center, Edwards Campus
209 Burt Hall, Lawrence Campus
(913) 897-8561 (office)
(913) 897-8682 (fax)
htuttle@ku.edu

This course develops the rationale and need for the integration of manufacturing systems, and deals with the multitude of practical problems involved with manufacturing systems integration. Topics covered include intelligent manufacturing subsystems and vendor-specific islands of automation, on-line and off-line information sources, and end users of information in the manufacturing enterprise. Engineering details covered include the types of communication links available between systems, communication standards, network and protocol alternatives, and hardware platform alternatives. Management concepts covered include the top-down design/bottom-up implementation approach to system integration, long-range planning and management of integration projects, reliability and security issues, and human factors.

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