matical models of parts for further analysis. Engineering data are generated and used by analysis packages such as structural and thermodynamic analyses, simulation of motion, and material flow. Each analysis package has unique requirements for data input and output. Most manufacturing data takes the form of a procedural plan or sequence of actions. Textual data are found in all phases of integrated manufacturing from design through marketing; however, the heaviest use is in managerial applications such as production scheduling, cost estimation, quality control, inventory control, sales and marketing.Thus in an integrated manufacturing en-
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