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Properly managed manufacturing and design automation can improve companies' efficiency and competitiveness. Some of the technologies that have become important in manufacturing include computer-aided design (CAD), computer-aided manufacturing (CAM), computer-numerically-controlled (CNC) machinery, and computer-integrated manufacture. CAD, CAM, and CNC allow manufactures to: reduce product lead times; increase the flexibility of machinery; increase product quality; and gain better control over production processes. To take advantage of what manufacturing automation has to offer management needs to know exactly where manufacturing problems are and needs to be prepared to make major changes in organizational relationships.