NICK ATCHISON

Background: The first industrial revolution was enabled by the use of wind and water powered mechanisms to supplement human and animal work. These previously untapped energy sources allowed production efficiency to improve. The second industrial revolution was triggered by the increased mechanization of production enabled by the use of fossil fuels. Increased mechanization put a premium on well documented procedures related to complex manufacturing equipment and processes. The third industrial revolution was enabled by the development of cheap information processing equipment which allowed for automated documentation, concurrent analysis and multi-agent virtual offices. The third industrial revolution will place a premium on flexibility related to utilizing multi-agent cybernetic systems to automate New Product Introduction... 3b1. The original IYM Triangle - Figure 1 - was developed by Nick Atchison and Ron Ross as a teaching tool to present a schematic representation of the data..