INDUSTRIAL-ENGINEERS AND THE DEPLOYMENT OF CLIENT SERVER SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY/

In developed nations, world wide competition has focused rapid changes in all societal organizations. These same pressures have had a simila r affect on technology. In order to remain competitive, firms have mad e time compression an important goal. As a result, firms are introduci ng new technologies at an increasing rate. This is especially true in teh electronics and information industries. A good example is the Pent ium microprocessor that was introduced to the market in 1994. In Febru ary, 1995, Intel announced that the P6 microprocessor, which will repl ace the Pentium, will soon be available. The product life cycle of thi s extremely complex electronic device is approaching two years.