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15.566 Information Technology As An Integrating Force in Manufacturing

This document is from a session on information technology as an integrating force in manufacturing. It discusses concepts like simple communication through fax machines, generic IT architecture stacks, real computer architectures, and enterprise networking architectures. The document provides examples and overviews of these technical concepts at a high level without detailed explanations or discussions.

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15.566 Information Technology As An Integrating Force in Manufacturing

This document is from a session on information technology as an integrating force in manufacturing. It discusses concepts like simple communication through fax machines, generic IT architecture stacks, real computer architectures, and enterprise networking architectures. The document provides examples and overviews of these technical concepts at a high level without detailed explanations or discussions.

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15.

566
Information Technology as an Integrating
Force in Manufacturing
Session 3 of 24

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY


Sloan School of Management
Concluding Remarks

Prof. Brian Subirana


SIMPLE EXAMPLE OF COMMUNICATION –

SENDING A FAX

telecommunication is achieved through the layered exchange of symbols

USER

PAPER

FAX MACHINE

MODEM

TELEPHONE LINE
GENERIC IT ARCHITECTURE ABSTRACTION STACK

SOFTWARE
Coordination activities
FRAMEWORK
PROCESS MANAGEMENT
WORKFLOW

Base activities
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
APPLICATION & SERVICE
PROTOCOL
DATA
OPERATING SYSTEM

HARDWARE
NETWORK
MACHINE
COMPONENT

ENVIRONMENT
A “Real” Computer Architecture

Keyboard Clock

Mouse
CPU
001
Instruction
Counter

0101

1101

Registers

Monitor Memory

Laser printer
Enterprise Networking

Architecture

See: Laudon & Laudon, Management Information Systems: Organization and Technology, Prentice Hall, 1998

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