...time, and build up to an integrated system. They need the flexibility to buy from different vendors at different times with the assurance that the machines they buy will work together properly without expensive, custom-designed interfaces." It is precisely that on which NBS's Automated Manufacturing...

...standards which permit the evolution of the technology while assuring compatibility. These companies need to buy automated machinery in stages, one or two machines...the machines they buy will work together properly. They need the same flexibility that one now finds when buying the parte of a home stereo system from...