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Dan Shunk and I founded the USAF ICAM program in 1976. At a critical point in the programs, I was asked, "Exactly how are you going to get from the factory to process and integrate all functions in between?"The factory, center, cell, station process concept was born. We published it as an upside-down pyramid-a wedge-- and focused all the factory on process. |
Dan Shunk and I founded the USAF ICAM program in 1976. At a critical point in the programs, I was asked, "Exactly how are you going to get from the factory to process and integrate all functions in between?"The factory, center, cell, station process concept was born. We published it as an upside-down pyramid-a wedge-- and focused all the factory on process. |
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-- Dennis Wisnosky, Naperville, IL. |
-- Dennis Wisnosky, Naperville, IL. |
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Revision as of 12:27, 30 May 2007
Integrated Computer-Aided Manufacturing (ICAM) was an initiative managed by the United States Air Force at the Wright-Patterson AFB Materials Laboratory, and was part of their Technology Modernization efforts, specifically the Computers in Manufacturing (CIM) initiative.
Dennis E. Wisnosky and Dan L. Shunk are recognized as co-founders of the ICAM program.
Dan Shunk and I founded the USAF ICAM program in 1976. At a critical point in the programs, I was asked, "Exactly how are you going to get from the factory to process and integrate all functions in between?"The factory, center, cell, station process concept was born. We published it as an upside-down pyramid-a wedge-- and focused all the factory on process.
-- Dennis Wisnosky, Naperville, IL.
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From ICAM came the IDEFs, the standard for modeling and analysis in management and business improvement efforts. IDEF means ICAM DEFinition.
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