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Tool Management is a topic receiving increased attention, although diverse and narrow concepts of what is involved are still current. This paper reviews the aspects of tool management and presents three brief cases. The first illustrates the complexity of the logistics problem; the second the difficulties in planning and support despite automated tool handling; the third the operational problems in achieving communication links. The paper identifies areas where further research is needed, namely, the tool management practices, communication standards and effective modelling of tool management systems.
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Carrie, A.S., Bititci, U.S. (1989). Tool Management and Its Implications for Material Flow. In: Nof, S.Y., Moodie, C.L. (eds) Advanced Information Technologies for Industrial Material Flow Systems. NATO ASI Series, vol 53. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74575-1_16
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