{"57560":{"#nid":"57560","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Planning The Factory of the Future","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EIndustry Week\u003C\/em\u003E - December 1, 2008\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe factory of the future -- What should this ideal facility be? What forces are shaping the emerging concepts? And is the pace of new technology outstripping manufacturing management\u0027s ability to creatively apply the latest developments to tomorrow\u0027s business strategies?  At the highest level, three essential trends are the driving forces behind tomorrow\u0027s factories, says Georgia Tech\u0027s Leon McGinnis, associate director of the university\u0027s Manufacturing Research Center: . . .\u0022The future\u0027s challenging goal is to seek factories that are more flexible, adaptable and committed to shorter product lifecycles,\u0022 says Leon McGinnis, associate director of Georgia Tech\u0027s Manufacturing Research Center. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.industryweek.com\/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=17749\u0026amp;SectionID=14\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.industryweek.com\/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=17749\u0026amp;SectionID=14\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2008-12-01 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:29","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2008-12-01T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2008-12-01T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"57458","name":"ISyE External News"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}