Acknowledgments

Contributors

• Marco Alemanni, Alenia Aerospazio
• Ivan Fuchs, Valfox Consultants Inc.
• Susan Gillies, CanSTEP, Integrated Manufacturing Technologies Institute, National Research Council Canada (Project Coordinator)
• Allen Hansen, The Boeing Company
• Leo Roth Klein, Manufacturing Control Systems
• Helium Mak, Integrated Manufacturing Technologies Institute, National Research Council Canada
• Larry McKee, The IBM Corporation
• Ron Schuldt, Lockheed Martin Corporation
• Dave Utterback, The Damar Group

A special thank you goes out to Larry McKee of IBM for his guidance, invaluable insights and literary contributions to this booklet, and to the IBM Corporation for the generous donation of Mr. McKee's time. Sincere appreciation also goes out to the staff at PDES Inc. for reviewing and commenting on the various versions.

Appreciation also goes out to the numerous people who kindly sent useful background material that provided "fuel for thought" for this guide.

This publication is also available electronically on the World Wide Web at the following address: http://ic.gc.ca/STEPguide

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© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada (Industry Canada) 1999 Cat. No. C2-447/1999 ISBN 0-662-64382-8