Background of the Project

The name MATIC stands for MAnufacturing Technology supported by advanced and integrated Information system through international Cooperation. The project is a future-oriented for five years which has been initiated since 1994 by the Center of Internation Cooperation for Computerization (CICC) under the mandate of Ministry of Internation Trade and Industry (MITI) of Japan. The countries participate in the Project are China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand.

Themes of the Project

1. Increase of personnel expenses
2. Shortage of engineers, high job-hopping rate
3. Increase of distribution costs in accordance with the expansion of the market
4. Insufficient infrastructure
5. Investment environment, etc.

The Working Groups

The project consists of three working groups responsible for the corresponding specific area of R&D, i.e.,

• The Automobile/Automobile Parts Working Group (WG1)
• The Electric Home Appliances and Parts Working Group (WG2)
• The Textile and Apparel Working Group (WG3)

Expected R&D Results of the Project

• The development of prototypes, using distributed concurrent engineering
• The development of element technology
• Other research works

  Excerpt from "Outline of MATIC Project"by Toru Nakayama, CICC Scope No 4, November 1995; and "The Project Proposals" by Japanese MATIC Examination Committee, June 2, 1995.

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