How computers changed the work of American manufacturing, transportation, and retail industries / / James W. Cortada
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| Autore: |
Cortada James W
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| Titolo: |
How computers changed the work of American manufacturing, transportation, and retail industries / / James W. Cortada
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2004 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (513 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 338.0973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Automation - Economic aspects - United States |
| Manufacturing industries - United States - Automation | |
| Retail trade - United States - Automation | |
| Transportation - United States - Automation | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 462-474) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; 1. Arrival of Digital Technologies and Their Applications; 2. Digitizing the American Economy; 3. Presence and Role of Manufacturing Industries in the American Economy; 4. Business Patterns and Digital Applications in the Transformation of Manufacturing Industries; 5. Patterns and Practices in Three Traditional Manufacturing Industries: Automotive, Steel, and Aerospace; 6. Patterns and Practices in Three Process Industries: Petroleum, Chemical, and Pharmaceuticals; 7. Manufacturing Practices in Information Technology Industries: Semiconductors, Hard Disk Drives, and Software |
| 8. Business Practices and Digital Applications in the Transformation of Transportation Industries: Trains and Trucks9. Presence of Wholesale and Retail Industries in the American Economy; 10. Business Patterns and Digital Applications in the Transformation of the Wholesale and Retail Industries; 11. Patterns and Practices in Three Retail Industries: Grocery, Apparel, and E-tailing; 12. Conclusion: How Computers Changed the American Economy; Appendix A: How to Study the Role of Computing by Industry | |
| Appendix B: The Universal Product Code (UPC), Optical Character Recognition (OCR), and Point-of-Sale (POS)Notes; Bibliographic Essay; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This text provides a historical perspective on how some of the most important American industries used computing over the past half century, describing their experience, their best practices and the role of industries and technologies in changing the nature of American work. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | How computers changed the work of American manufacturing, transportation, and retail industries |
| ISBN: | 0-19-029019-6 |
| 1-4237-2634-0 | |
| 9786610560301 | |
| 1-60256-730-1 | |
| 1-280-56030-4 | |
| 0-19-803711-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910966936503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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