A short historical view of process automation in China is provided. The development of essential aspects of process automation, including Distributed Control System (DCS), Advanced Process Control (APC) and Manufacturing Execution System (MES), are discussed in detail. The contribution of local process automation companies, i.e. SUPCON, and HOLLYSYS are highlighted.

Three approaches to development of new manufacturing systems are discussed. The technology oriented approach is exemplified through Computer-IntegratedManufacturing (CIM). A human oriented approach is also described. The utmost alternative is called Human-Integrated-Manufacturing (HIM). A third, combined, approach is called Computer-Human-Integrated-Manufacturing (CHIM). Swedish manufacturers a...

The manufacturing enterprises are now experiencing high pressure of competition. In addition, the advancement in computer software, hardware, networks, information technologies and integration has been gradually reshaping the manufacturing companies by shifting from the industrial age to the information and knowledge era. Due to these elevated competitiveness and advanced computer technology, a...

AbStRACt As the industry migrates to more advanced manufacturing technologies, growing complexity in custom integrated circuit (iC) design threatens to increase delays and dramatically boost the cost of differentiated custom silicon. for semiconductor companies, achieving success in the face of these emerging technical and market challenges rests squarely on their ability to improve the efficie...

This paper examines introducing Economic Value Added as a performance measure for small manufacturing companies. Advantages and disadvantages of using Economic Value Added as a primary measure of performance as compared to sales, revenues, earnings, operating profit, profit after tax, and profit margin are investigated. The Economic Value Added calculation using data from a small company’s inco...

The Minister of Economic Affairs of Taiwan announced in 2006 that the sales volumes of the manufacturing industry of Taiwan were continuously increased from 2000 to 2005 where the manufacturing industry took 21.95% and 21.4% in the gross domestic product of Taiwan in 2004 and 2005, respectively. It is no doubt that the manufacturing industry is both important and significant to Taiwan’s economy...

Purpose – This study aims to examine the relationship between top-performing US furniture manufacturers and industry’s best manufacturing practices. Design/methodology/approach – In the past studies, best manufacturing practices were mostly determined using qualitative methods. In this paper, a quantitative evaluating method to determine best manufacturing practices was designed by taking into ...

The methods of operative cost calculation and controlling are often used to improve production costing in the manufacturing industry. The basic idea of such approaches is that direct costs (e.g. used materials) are allocated to profit objects (products) directly while indirect costs are collected in so called cost objects (e.g. business units, manufacturing sites, service centers) first. The al...

With the emphasis on reducing costs and increasing efficiency, a record number of companies are embarking on different forms of advance manufacturing technologies (AMT). AMT are broadly defined by many authors (small and chen, Sheppard and stock) as “ an automated production system of people, machines and tools for the planning and control of the production process, including the procurement of...

this paper is an attempt to analyze the impact of income taxes and market capitalization on fixed investment (investment in tangible assets) by manufacturing companies listed on kse. this paper basically examines that how corporate income taxes affect fixed investment by reducing cash flow available for a firm to invest and how the firm size in the lights of market capitalization affects fixed ...