Abstract
This paper reviews recent progress in the field of computer-integrated manufacturing in Japan. In addition to the introduction of many turnkey CAD/CAM systems in mechanical industries, various VAD/CAE/CAM systems have been successfully developed in the automobile and electrical appliance industries. These systems drastically reduce the time required for the manufacturing of new products and improve their quality. Productivity of batch production has been increased through installment of unattended flexible manufacturing systems. Similar systems have been applied to medium-size lot and medium-size volume production. The operations of spot welding, arc welding, painting and assembling have been automated by the use of industrial robots. Very recently, much effort is being devoted to the construction of computer network systems for the coordination of all the production activities. This will allow for reduction in production lead times and decrease in stock items in factory inventory.
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