title: [Metalworking industry management evolution].
abstract: Analysis of the evolution drivers of the management systems in the metalworking industry, mainly characterized as "automotive", starting with the "mass production" model, followed for the development of Italian industry in the '50. Through the socio-economic changes of the '90/10, the metalworking plants were deeply restructured with the introduction of computers in the production systems, and then with the first global benchmarks such as the "lean production", towards the needed operational flexibility to respond to the market dynamics. Plants change radically, company networks become real, ICT services are fundamental elements for the integration. These trends help visualizing a new "Factory of the Future" for the years 2020/30, where the competition will be based on the socio-economical, technological and environmental factors included in the "Competitive Sustainable Manufacturing" paradigm.
authors.affiliation: Presidente EFFRA (European Factories of the Future Research Association). massimo.mattucci@comau.com
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mattucci
mesh_terms: D005544:Forecasting; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008669:Metallurgy / Q000266:history* / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends