2. Its all about acronyms  CAD, CAM, CIM, JIT, EPOS, EMAIL, JPEG, MEG, TV, WC, INACOT  Any guesses?  You need to know these:  CAD, CAM, JIT, EPOS, CIM.

3. Circuit construction Why use computers? Why use computers? What advantages are there? What advantages are there? What (if any) are the disadvantages? What (if any) are the disadvantages?

4.  CAD – Computer Aided Design  drawing with computers  CAM – Computer Aided Machining  machines making things from computer drawings  CIM –Computer Integrated Manufacturing  both of the above working together  JIT – just in time  Materials arriving at the work place just in time  EPOS – Electronic point of sale – control of stock at the shop

5. It’s a video Watch the video: Watch the video: CAD. CAM. Quality control CAD. CAM. Quality control http://manufacturing.stanford.edu/hetm.h tml http://manufacturing.stanford.edu/hetm.h tml http://manufacturing.stanford.edu/hetm.h tml http://manufacturing.stanford.edu/hetm.h tml

6. In practice Imagine you are the manufacturer of TV’s A design has just been given to you to make Give advantages and disadvantages of using CIM, CAD and JIT to make the TV’s