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The Technology Machine

How Manufacturing Will Work in the Year 2020

by Patricia E. Moody and Richard E. Morley

		Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 1999 ISBN: 9780684837093 No. pages: 320 Category: IT, Production & Logistics

In this summary you will learn

What functions breakthrough technology will have to perform in the future
How complex manufacturing systems will lead to simple solutions
What working and living will be like in the future

Why you should read The Technology Machine

Patricia A. Moody and Richard E. Morley take a fascinating trip into the future, the not-too distant future, by exploring what manufacturing and product delivery to consumers will look like in the year 2020. By discussing past and current advances, the authors articulately present convincing arguments for their ideas with great zest. Don’t worry, you won’t find impenetrable technological prose here, quite the contrary. Instead, you’ll find visions of point-of-consumption manufacturing, small work groups made up of people who live near their job sites and biotechnology that enables customized creation of replacement body parts. Gene Bylinsky of Fortune magazine calls this well-received volume, "a beautifully written, insightful and important new book... your best guide to success" in the 21st century. getAbstract recommends this book to forward-looking managers who understand that, even in the complex future, the main rule will be: Keep it simple.

About the Authors

Patricia E. Moody is the former editor of Target magazine. She is a manufacturing management consultant and writer with more than 25 years of industry experience. Her client list includes Solectron, Motorola, Johnson & Johnson and Mead Corporation. Richard E. Morley , the CEO of Flavors Technology, Inc., is the founder or co-founder of more than ten companies, including Modicon and Andover Controls.

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