Presents basic principles of computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM), for a one-semester course in CIM for engineering technology and industrial technology students at the graduate and undergraduate levels. Provides an overview of discrete manufacturing and the principles behind computers, communications, and databases, and covers manufacturing technologies and related systems such as product design, production, shop-floor control, and quality. Discusses the role of management in CIM, and emerging technologies and ramifications of CIM. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.