Design of Industrial Information Systems

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 496 pages
• Published by: Academic Press
• Edition: 1st Edition October 25, 2006
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0123704928
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0123704924
• Book Dimensions: 10.3 x 7.3 x 1.1 inches
• Weighs: 2.2 pounds

Book Description
First textbook to cover the design of IT systems from an industrial, manufacturing perspective

Product Description
Design of Industrial Information Systems presents a body of knowledge applicable to many aspects of industrial and manufacturing systems. New software systems, such as Enterprise Resource Planning, and new hardware technologies, such as RFID, have made it possible to integrate what were separate IT databases and operations into one system to realize the greatest possible operational efficiencies. This text provides a background in, and an introduction to, the relevant information technologies and shows how they are used to model and implement integrated IT systems.

With the growth of courses in information technology offered in industrial engineering and engineering management programs, the authors have written this book to show how such computer-based knowledge systems are designed and used in modern manufacturing and industrial companies.

·Introduces Data Modeling and Functional Architecture Design, with a focus on integration for overall system design
·Encompasses hands-on approach, employing many in-chapter exercises and end-of-chapter problem sets with case studies in manufacturing and service industries
·Shows the reader how Information Systems can be integrated into a wider E-business/Web-Enabled Database business model
·Offers applications in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), with an accompanying website containing usable sample databases

Reader Reviews
I find this book to be not very useful at designing "Industrial Information Systems." My first problem with this book is that industrial information systems should never be based off of Access. Access is a single user product. It cannot possible handle the level of concurrency that a real RDBMS like Oracle or SQL Server can. The authors should have realized this and had you download a trial of either one of those products. Also, I have a problem with it because Access doesn't even support the most basic of ANSI SQL, such as the CREATE TABLE statement or JOINs. My second problem with the book is the brevity with which it treats each of the topics within it. It does a poor job of explaining any one of the topics well. For a better explanation of databases and the math used to create them, Database Systems Concepts is a much better book.