INTRODUCTION.
Amongst the sectors that have embraced technology in the past few decades is the aircraft industry. This is in response to improve on reliability, product/service quality, and increase on labor productivity as well as cut down on related costs. Technology use in the sector comes in form of machine automation, and tools used in manufacturing that never existed before (Kalpakjian 2001, pp. 5). This involves a widespread use of computer-aided manufacture and designs, computerized numerical controls. The use of technology in the sector has also been stimulated by the need to develop decreased labor intensive products by manufacturing products such ...