Questioning Analysis and Design Methods in Development of Interdisciplinary Manufacturing Systems Design: The Case of CIM-OSA.

The complexity of designing computer-supported manufacturing systems has lead to the development of several methodologies and tools to support the design. One of them is CIM-OSA, developed within the ESPRIT program. In this article, CIM-OS A is discussed and evaluated from a sociotechnical point of view. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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