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Integrating Engineering and Manufacturing

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The Boeing Commercial Airplane Company uses computers in every phase of airplane production. After a long gradual struggle, Boeing has managed to harness the efficiency and speed of the computer and to channel its abundant capacities for work to perform a mind-boggling variety of jobs.

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  1. William D. Beeby and Associates, Kent, Washington, 98031, USA

    William D. Beeby

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  1. Automation Technology Institute, P.O Box 242, 93953, Pebble Beach, CA, USA

    Peter Cheng-Chao Wang Ph.D.

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Beeby, W.D. (1984). Integrating Engineering and Manufacturing. In: Wang, P.CC. (eds) Advances in CAD/CAM. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2819-3_2

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