Robotics: The Coining Challenge for MIS Managers

Abstract

Several manufacturing plants in the U.S. and abroad have already switched from human factory operators to robots, and many more are planning the switch. Planning for robotics is not the sole province of manufacturing engineers and productivity experts, however; MIS managers will be called upon to integrate robot-controlling computers with management information systems.

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Lawrence P. Huggins

Lawrence P. Huggins, a General Electric Company veteran of 20 years and former president and CEO of U.S. Industries Agri-Business Group, is chairman of the Managerial Sciences Department at Manhattan College in Riverdale NY