There are three clear issues facing managers in the technology sector in the 1990's;customer orientation, technology content and reducing development time of new products. The evidence is increasing that organizat...
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There are three clear issues facing managers in the technology sector in the 1990's;customer orientation, technology content and reducing development time of new products. The evidence is increasing that organizations which become market-oriented will tend to be more profitable than non-market-oriented firms. This combined with the pressure to reduced the development time from design to commercialization is leading to organizations that are becoming technology driven. To respond to these pressures, strategic marketing should be implemented which will integrate the research and development, engineering and marketing activities more closely. It would reduce time-to-market, increased product quality and simpler product design leading to reduced costs.
There are three clear issues facing managers in the technology sector in the 1990s: customer orientation; technology content; and reducing development time of new products. The evidence is increasing that organisation...
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There are three clear issues facing managers in the technology sector in the 1990s: customer orientation; technology content; and reducing development time of new products. The evidence is increasing that organisations which become market-oriented (that is providing the benefits the consumer wants) will tend to be more profitable than nonmarket-oriented firms (Narver and Slater, 1990). There is evidence, in many markets, that having superior skill at commercialisation is critical for industry leadership. (Nevens et al., 1990). At the same time, technological development is leading to new products and increased modification of existing products. The author describes how this, combined with the pressure to reduced the development time from design through to commercialisation, is leading to organisations that are becoming technology driven.
Many humans analyze faults from first principles (sometimes subconsciously) if experiential knowledge is not available. Such analysis is based on an understanding of the functions of the components in a system and the...
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Many humans analyze faults from first principles (sometimes subconsciously) if experiential knowledge is not available. Such analysis is based on an understanding of the functions of the components in a system and the inputs and outputs which pass between them. The paper discusses the issues arising from an investigation into the representation of this understanding in a model-based diagnostic expert system, which has been undertaken by the ai Group of the Royal Mail (engineering) research Centre.< >
Considers the scale and importance of the construction industry, who it employs, its structure, information transfer in building, artificial intelligence, construction robots and future trends of research areas.
Considers the scale and importance of the construction industry, who it employs, its structure, information transfer in building, artificial intelligence, construction robots and future trends of research areas.< >
The perspective the author offers is not that of the dedicated airesearcher but of the systems specialist working in the field of military defence concepts and requirements. The views are those of the author, and not...
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The perspective the author offers is not that of the dedicated airesearcher but of the systems specialist working in the field of military defence concepts and requirements. The views are those of the author, and not necessarily those of the UK Ministry of Defence. It is a defence research role to assess the possibilities of future defence systems taking into account not just operational needs but also to determine the technical contributions for systems in 10 to 20 years time. One aspect of this is to decide what technologies must be supported, or where they can (or should) be left to the civil sector to develop. As a small part of that process it is necessary to determine where ai has a role, what lessons are being learned from airesearch to date, and from some meld of these influences, determine what it offers for the future and how it should be supported.< >
The construction industry may well be the most difficult industry in which to implement IT and ai techniques but it also may well be the industry in which the benefits to be gained will be the most dramatic. In order ...
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The construction industry may well be the most difficult industry in which to implement IT and ai techniques but it also may well be the industry in which the benefits to be gained will be the most dramatic. In order to identify the strategicresearchissues concerning the acceptance and implementation of ai, it is first necessary to consider the nature of the industry and its problems. This is done by examining organisational and technical issues. The author goes on to look at specific airesearchissues.< >
Certain strategicresearchissues that arise in research on advanced software for intelligent engineering support systems are reviewed. The application area concerns devices and mechanisms drawn from electrical and me...
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Certain strategicresearchissues that arise in research on advanced software for intelligent engineering support systems are reviewed. The application area concerns devices and mechanisms drawn from electrical and mechanical engineering. The tasks of design and diagnosis are taken as key areas for the exploitation of artificial intelligence research. A brief discussion of the limitations of existing technology leads into the fundamental issues which current and future research must examine in order to produce intelligent design and diagnosis tools of the future.< >
User interface design for intelligent systems intended to support the engineering design community are discussed. Types of intelligent design aids are briefly described, and attention is given to the importance of ide...
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User interface design for intelligent systems intended to support the engineering design community are discussed. Types of intelligent design aids are briefly described, and attention is given to the importance of identifying the nature of work undertaken at different stages in the design cycle and matching interaction styles to this work The development of an expert system to advise on manufacturing feasibility is examined in the light of these considerations.
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