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23.1 FACTORS TO CONSIDER

• There are a number of factors in a company which must be considered when evaluating the

need for CAD/CAM/CAE/CIM/etc systems. Some of these are listed below,

external

-company crisis

-markets Niche/Global/Home/ etc.

-competition

-customer requirements

internal

-corporate objectives, mission and culture technological

-available technology

-research & development

success factors

-the role of management

-worker security

-corporate organization

-unions

-middle management

-worker motivation

-training / worker abilities

-cash

-purchasing

-design engineering

-etc.

Current popular planning strategies include,

Cost management

-direct costing

-effective capital investments

-space utilization

Cycle time reduction

-continuous flow manufacturing and vendor supply

-pull manufacturing