Offers supply chain of the future, networked, GTAG,
SC31, and auto ID centre. Alan Thorne is Program Manager for the Cambridge
Lab. Thorne graduated from Anglia Polytechnic University in Electronics
and Control Systems and has a varied background in the field of Automation
and Control. He has been involved in British Aerospace/IBM research projects
as a systems engineer investigating flexible manufacturing systems on civil
and military aircraft production.
Thorne is the manager of the Manufacturing Automation laboratory in the
Institute for Manufacturing and is responsible for the overall operations
and development of the laboratory as well as being directly involved with
a number of past and present projects as a systems engineer.
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GTAG SC31 auto ID centre
In 1985 and from 1989 to
1994 he was with the research division of BHP, Australia's largest company,
with interests in steel and minerals. Dr. McFarlane joined the Institute
for Manufacturing at the University of Cambridge in October 1995 where his
work is focused on appropriate automation and control solutions for manufacturing.
He is group leader of the Manufacturing Automation and Control Systems Group
and is a lecturer in Manufacturing Automation and Information Systems within
the Manufacturing Engineering Tripos and Manufacturing Leaders Programme.
He is a committee member of the IEE Next Generation Manufacturing Enterprise
Profession Group, a member of the IFAC Working Group on Mining, Minerals
and Metallurgy, and an editor on Springer Verlag's Industrial Control Series.
For more information go to http://www-mmd.eng.cam.ac.uk/people/dcm/dcm.htm
Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a global manufacturer of quality consumer products,
joined the Center in May. Devoted to continual innovation and technology
leadership, KCC focuses on three global business areas-Tissue, Personal
Care, and Health Care. With manufacturing facilities in 40 countries and
product sales in more than 150, Kimberley-Clark is the second largest household
and personal care products company in the United States. Home to many of
the world's most recognizable trademarks, such as Kleenex, Huggies, Scott,
and Kotex, the company posted sales of nearly $14 billion in 2000. Offers
supply chain of the future, networked, GTAG, SC31, and auto ID centre.