The rate of change of the use of information technology in m

The rate of change of the use of information technology in manufacturing has begun to slow since the late 1990s. True False

Solution

It is false. The reason is so simple. There is a wide spread of research in CNC and other machine tools which are integrated with manufacturing was started in early 1960\'s. The research lead to the increased productivity and precision in manufacturing. The integration of information technology with manufacturing is had introduced robotics, mechatronics which are very demanding areas in the present situation. This integration of IT with manuafcturing will go to a situation where there is no need for labour in the workshop.