NEW ORGANIZATION‎.‎ The second edition consists of five parts‎,‎ following two introductory chapters‎:‎ I‎.‎ Automation and control technologies‎:‎ industrial computer control‎,‎ control system components‎,‎ numerical control‎,‎ industrial robotics‎,‎ programmable logic controllers‎.‎ II‎.‎ Material handling technologies‎:‎ conveyor systems‎,‎ automated guided vehicle systems‎,‎ automated storage systems‎,‎ automatic identification and data capture‎.‎ III‎.‎ Manufacturing systems‎:‎ single station cells‎,‎ group technology‎,‎ flexible manufacturing systems‎,‎ assembly lines‎,‎ transfer lines‎.‎ IV‎.‎ Quality control systems‎:‎ statistical process control‎,‎ inspection principles and technologies‎.‎ V‎.‎ Manufacturing support systems‎:‎ CAD/CAM‎,‎ process planning‎,‎ production planning‎,‎ production planning and control‎,‎ lean production and agile manufacturing‎.‎ TEXT FEATURES Expanded coverage of automation fundamentals‎,‎ numerical control programming‎,‎ group technology‎,‎ flexible manufacturing systems‎,‎ material handling and storage‎,‎ quality control and inspection‎,‎ inspection technologies‎,‎ programmable logic controllers‎.‎ New chapters or sections on manufacturing systems‎,‎ single station manufacturing systems‎,‎ mixed‎-model assembly line analysis‎,‎ quality assurance and statistical process control‎,‎ Taguchi methods‎,‎ inspection principles and technologies‎,‎ concurrent engineering‎,‎ automatic identification and data collection‎,‎ lean and agile manufacturing‎.‎ Higher quantitative and engineering content in the text with more equations and example problems More quantitative problems on more topics‎:‎ 385 problems in the new edition‎,‎ 125 more than the 1987 edition‎.‎ Historical notes describing the development and historical background of many of the automation technologies‎.‎