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Computerization upgrades Chrysler
Filed Under Chrysler News
Computerization in various forms has been credited by officials with enabling Chrysler Corp. to reduce its inventory and manufacturing costs, upgrade the efficiency of its operations, and improve its competitive stance against Japanese, European, and other U.S. automakers.
According to Robert J. Piccirilli Jr., director of manufacturing engineering for advance manufacturing operations at Chrysler, the third-largest U.S. automaker is now using mainframe computers, microprocessors and programmable controllers in a broad range of applications that a few years ago were managed, monitored and controlled in conventional, less efficient and effective ways.
Speaking at the recent unveiling of the company’s Outer Drive Manufacturing Technical Center here, Piccirilli noted that, among other things, simulation applications for computers have provided a big pay off at Chrysler.
