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EXTREME MANUFACTURING [1 record]

Record 1 2018-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Techniques and Processes
CONT

The term "eXtreme manufacturing" (XM) was coined by ... a non-profit car manufacturer ... to describe how it manufactures automobiles combining the Scrum framework, object-oriented architecture and eXtreme programming (XP). [This] new manufacturing process ... can shorten time-to-market, reduce labor costs and spur innovation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques industrielles
CONT

[L'organisme] adopte une démarche radicalement différente, construisant des voitures comme d'autres élaborent des logiciels; autrement dit, en appliquant à la fabrication de produits physiques des principes éprouvés dans l'informatique, comme la conception modulaire, l'ouverture du code (ou, ici, du design) et les méthodes dites «agiles». Cette approche a un nom : «extreme manufacturing» («fabrication extrême») [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Procesos y técnicas industriales
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