... in London[ 8 ], and ergonomics was first formally established in the USA in 1957 through the Human Factors Society[ 9 ]. In the 1960s and 1970s ergonomics became a familiar study to the field of industrial engineering, and by the late 1970s ergonomics was recognized as a multidisciplinary field...

...Cathy Hands; Helmut H.A. Hergeth; Peyton Hudson Describes the history of CAD systems as well as their benefits and costs for a clothing company. Presents and analyses results of a survey concerning the use of CAD systems for marker making in the clothing industry of the USA. Describes environmental...

... and evaluates the functions of CAD marker making with the help of a case study. © MCB UP Limited 1997 CAD CADCAM Clothing industry USA This article is the first in a two‐part series that looks at the small clothing company in the USA, examining its current manufacturing situation...

... Software Decision Making New Technology USA VOLUME 5 NUMBER 3/4 1993 COMPASS: A Software Tool for Equipment Acquisition Decision Making in the Apparel Industry William Riall Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA Deciding whether the value of new equipment exceeds its cost is a difficult...

...) of expected system performance as a function of key input parameters. © MCB UP Limited 1993 Clothing Industry Information Systems Modelling USA VOLUME 5 NUMBER 3/4 1993 North Carolina Apparel Pipeline Modelling Project N.A. Hunter, R.E. King, H.L.W. Nuttle and J.R. Wilson North Carolina State...

... pieces of information, referred to as Units of Functionality, as building blocks for designing Application Protocols. © MCB UP Limited 1993 Clothing Industry Computer‐integrated Manufacturing Information Systems USA INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLOTHING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Report...

...Yim Yu Wong; Peng S. Chan The USA, one of the world's largest markets for textile products, has protected its textile and apparel industries from foreign competition since the beginning of this century. The overall effect of such protectionism has created a hostile environment for major textile...