The Technology Machine: How Manufacturing Will Work in the Year 2000

by Richard E. Morley and Patricia E. Moody

Book Overview

How will autonomous agents, emergent systems, and chaos theory change the way we live and work in the twenty-first century? As today's manufacturing and production systems grow increasingly complex,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0684837099
• ISBN13: 9780684837093
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Free Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Packed With Knowledge!

Patricia A. Moody and Richard E. Morley take a fascinating trip into the future, the not-too distant future, by exploring what manufacturing and product delivery to consumers will look like in the year 2020. By discussing past and current advances, the authors articulately present convincing arguments for their ideas with great zest. Don't worry, you won't find impenetrable technological prose here, quite the contrary. Instead, you'll find visions of point-of-consumption manufacturing, small work groups made up of people who live near their job sites and biotechnology that enables customized creation of replacement body parts. Gene Bylinsky of Fortune magazine calls this well-received volume, "a beautifully written, insightful and important new book... your best guide to success" in the 21st century. We at getAbstract recommend this book to forward-looking managers who understand that, even in the complex future, the main rule will be: Keep it simple.

Richard Morely..Geek Moses..Leads Us to the Promised Land

Whether you love him or you hate him Richard Morely is the kind of writer who is hard to forget. The 127 wild card predictions in chapter 2 cover the price of the book. This book covers deals not just with the technology of manufacturing but the social process which will have to accompany these changes. There will be a new world order and Engineering Breakthroughs will lead the way...

Dick has the gift of gab for geeks and ceos alike

This book talks about the year 2020, but uses examples from today. It reads fast--like a seminar, and inspires thought--which is Dick's trademark. All we need now is a hyperlink version to jump from example to company to theory and back to the machine again.

Pearls of Wisdom for eBusiness

Scientists say that string theory is a bit of 21st Century science accidently discovered in the 20th. Many think the same is true of the science of complexity theory.Not these authors. Strip out the mystique and stick it on the factory floor - this pair will show you how some enlightened thinking can be put to work for you.I do not make anything myself, I am in finance. But we have to VALUE companies and that imperfect art means knowing how things are made.Have a piece of the 21st Century today and read this book. Christopher MAY - author Nonlinear Pricing

More than forecast, it's a roadmap to the 21st century

The Technology Machine is more than forecast; it is a roadmap to 21st century manufacturing practice. Grounded in a traditional industrial work ethic and motivated by the maverick career of inventor and entrepreneur Dick Morley, the authors paint a powerful picture of 21st century manufacturing practice. The achievements of individuals whose "smartness, values, supreme technical mastery, and constant innovation" foretell a new era of manufacturing while telling a compelling story. Bill Fulkerson, Technical Consultant, Deere & Company