Annotation These 77 papers from the November 2002 conference in New Orleans discuss virtual manufacturing, process planning and optimization, advances in automation, automotive body joining and assembly, microelectronics manufacturing, reconfigurable manufacturing systems, machining sensing and control, and materials handling. Only authors appear in the index. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Offers instruction in manufacturing engineering management strategies to help the student optimize future manufacturing processes and procedures. This edition includes innovations that have changed management's approach toward the uses of manufacturing engineering within the business continuum.