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A. C. Jackson, J. F. Crocker, J. C. Ekvali, R. R. Eudaily, B. Mosesian, R. R. Van Cleave, and J. Van Hamersveld, Advanced Manufacturing Development of a Composite Empennage for L-1011 Aircraft, Phase II Final Report, Design Analysis, NASA CR 165634, Lockheed California Company, Burbank California, April 1981. 

These ideas, interestingly described by Goldratt and Cox, provide flexible production and cater for customer requirements. They have become known as just in time (JIT) manufacture, but are often overlooked by many that think that investment in computer-controlled equipment is the only way to go. The concept, simplify before you automate, can provide significant improvements in production and can point the way to later advanced manufacturing where ... 

The result of ineffective maintenance management represents a loss of more than 60 billion dollars each year. Perhaps more important is the fact that our ineffective management of maintenance dramatically impacts our ability to manufacture quality products that are competitive in the world market. The loss of production time and product quality that results from poor or inadequate maintenance management has had a dramatic impact on our ability to compete with Japan and other countries that have implemented more advanced manufacturing and maintenance management philosophies. 

Orme, M. Liu, Q. Smith, R. 2000. Molten aluminum micro-droplet formation and deposition for advanced manufacturing applications. Aluminum Transactions J. 3 95-103. 

Chan FTS (2003) Performance Measurement in a Supply Chain. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 21 534-548... 

Chan FTS, Chung SH (2004) Multi-criteria genetic optimization for distribution network problems. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 2004 517-532... 

TOOlO Advanced Manufacturing and Development, Inc., Advanced Bio-Gest System... 

There is so much concern about this issue that in some instances in the past, it has been considered preferable to increase the number of units instead of the scale of each unit of production to avoid potential differences in product quality. In some other instances, an approved biologic, even thought manufactured using less than ideal methods, may not be deemed to be replaced by a more advanced manufacturing method due to differences in the protein structure or composition. The market value of biologies and their complexity justifies this ultra conservative approach. 

Emerging Support Infrastructure for the Desired State Several academic institutions in the US, Europe, Switzerland, and Japan have incorporated PAT concepts in their curricula and several graduate students at these institutions are engaged in PAT research. Industry and academic collaborations (e.g.. Consortium for Advanced Manufacturing of Pharmaceuticals or CAMP) are providing additional support. 

Springer Series in Advanced Manufacturing ISSN 1433-6863 Library of Congress Control Number 2007933692 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2008... 

Recent advances in the scientific understanding of the in vivo performance, the role of supersaturation, and advanced manufacturing technologies will likely render solid solutions and solid dispersions more commercially successful. Excipients used in solid solutions and solid dispersions include polyvinylpyrrolidone, PEG 4,000, PEG 8,000, Gelucire 50/13, and Gelucrie 44/14. Solid solutions are molecular mixtures of a drug dissolved in a solid at a concentration below supersaturation and are thus thermodynamically stable, compared to solid dispersions, which are thermodynamically unstable amorphous drug dispersed within a solid matrix susceptible to crystallization. 

The Institute of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 30-011 Krakow, ul. Wroclawska 37a, Poland... 

Shum, Y.S and Gong, D.C. (2006). The Application of Genetic Algorithm in the Development of Preventive Maintenance Analytic Model. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. Vol. 32, pp. 169-183. 

Bayer Technology Services GmbH Process Management Technology Advanced Manufacturing Solutions APC... 

B.R. Sarkar, B. Doloi, B. Bhattacharyya Parametric analysis on electrochemical discharge machining of silicon nitride ceramics. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 28 (2006), pp. 873-881. 

New lithium-based and the more conventional Ni-Zn batteries may eventually replace lead-acid batteries as new technology and advanced manufacturing techniques reduce their costs. Metal-air batteries, both rechargeable (zinc) and nonrechargeable fuel-cell types (aluminum), may ultimately be successful as an economical primary source for short-trip transportation. The demand for increasing electronic equipment will require increased auxiliary power, which may be fulfilled by improved lithium-based and Ni-Zn systems. 

Berliner, C., and J. Brimson, eds. 1988. Cost management for today s advanced manufacturing The CAM-I conceptual design. Boston Harvard Business School Press. 

In 2001, the MTS Systems Corporation patented the self-reacting pin-tool technology (Ref 25). This innovation allows the FSW of tapered joints and eliminates the need for backside anvil support to react the process loads. Lockheed Martin Space Systems and the University of New Orleans National Center for Advanced Manufacturing have demonstrated this self-reacting pin tool on the 8 m (27 ft) diameter domes of the Space Shuttle external tank. In this application, multiple gore sections of 8 mm (0.320 in.) thick 2195 Al-Li were joined along a simple curvature path to create the full-scale dome assembly. 

Lapide, L., Supply Chain Planning Optimization Just the Facts, in The Report on Supply Chain Management, Advanced Manufacturing Research, Inc., Boston, 1998. 

Manufacturing Studies Board (MSB) (1988), Committee on the Effective Implementation of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, Human Resource Practice for Implementing Advanced Manufacturing Technology, National Academy Press, Washington, DC. 

Karwowski, W. et al., (1994), Integrating People, Organizations, and Technology in Advanced Manufacturing A Position Paper Based on the Joint View of Industrial Managers, Engineers, Consultants, and Researchers, International Journal of Human Factors in Manufacturing, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 1-19. 

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