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The National Institute of Standards and Technology is in the process of establishing a testbed which will serve the research and information needs of the process planning community. This testbed is building up four primary services designed to facilitate process planning research: information services, workshops, a testing and integration laboratory, and a collaborative research program. Each of these services is described, along with their motivation and expected impact.
information services, integration, manufacturing, Process Planning
Citation
Ray, S.
and Barnard, A.
(1993),
A National Testbed for Process Planning Research, NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.5169, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=821442
(Accessed October 11, 2025)