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THE MATERIAL/DATA-FLOW DIAGRAM IS A HYBRID MODELING TECHNIQUE INCORPORATING ELEMENTS OF IDEF-O, OPERATION PROCESS CHARTING, AND DATA-FLOW DIAGRAMING. THIS TECHNIQUE IS ESPECIALLY USEFUL DURING VISIONING AND PLANNING FOR SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, AND FOR THE CROSS-FUNCTIONAL RE-ENGINEERING OF BUSINESS PROCESSES. PROVEN IN SUCH COMPANIES AS MOTOROLA, FORD, DIGITAL EQUIPMENT, ALCOA, MERCK, AND ALLIED-SIGNAL, AMONG OTHERS, THE MATERIAL/DATA-FLOW DIAGRAM FACILITATES THE INTEGRATION OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT THROUGH TQM AND JIT, WITH SYSTEMS IMPROVEMENT IN CAD/CAM, MIS AND CIM.

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Published: 06/01/1992 Number of Pages: 11 File Size: 1 file , 1.1 MB