COMPUTER-INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING -- Strategies for a "Smart Fa

On the practical side, most industry markets have evolved user groups to represent them. Led by SWOP for the publication industry more than 20 years ago, these groups have established specifications, guidelines and best practices that define their different industries.

More recently, they have been working with the accredited standards groups to establish "reference printing conditions" that will better define their process in a color management world and set the stage for linking the "smart factory" of the future directly to its customers.