
Student's
Guide to Information
Technology
Controlling the integrated factory
One example of software for controlling the integrated factory is
TIME, short for Tandem Integrated Manufacturing Environment.
As its name implies, this system is a product of Tandem
Computers, and runs on their mainframes.
A schematic of the TIME system is shown in Figure 9.7. It
consists of three modules, called Factory Manager, Document
Manager, and Device Manager. These modules perform the
following broad tasks:
# The Factory Manager controls the minute-by-minute progress
of
parts
through the factory, to ensure that orders are produced
at the right time and to