An Eye to the Future: An Open Letter
Summer 1984
In the last ‘Letter from the Presiden!,!l) Chet Poplaski referred
to Bill Lehrer’s vision of 1990 with “continuous (PCM) lines
competing with stamping machines”. This attractive idea should
not be ignored. Already PCM has the advantage over stamping of
a shorter lead time and PCM will become even more competitive
if the economic break-even quantity between the two processes is
increased. This can be done by the PCM industry lowering its
costs per part and becoming more adept in handling longer
production runs.
Dr. David Allen, Cranfield Institute of Technology
