1. The Nature of Information in Material Flow Systems -- Managing Information Complexity in Material Flow Systems -- Information Dynamics for Computer Integrated Product Realization -- Some Interactions of Information and Control in Integrated Automation Systems -- 2. Data and Knowledge Methodologies in Material Flow Systems -- Distributed, Intelligent Information System for Automated, Integrated Manufacturing Systems -- Applying Distributed Artificial Intelligence to Flexible Manufacturing -- Combining Predicate Transition Nets and Rule Based Systems for Planning, Programming and Exception Handling in Manufacturing Process Control -- A Knowledge-Based System for Production Equipment Selection and Layout -- Specifications for Knowledge Representation in Intellligent Systems Layout Design Environments -- 3. Intelligent Robotics and Communications -- The Impact of Advances in Information Technology on Interactive Robotics -- The Karlsruhe Autonomous Mobile Assembly Robot -- Knowledge Representation and Integration of Robot Assembly Applications -- Results of the Development of a Manipulator with a Very Large Reach -- Global Path Planning Approaches for Material Movements in a Worksite -- The Need for a Generic Framework for Systems Integration -- 4. Modeling Issues of Material Flow Functions -- Some Issues in Controlling Integrated WIP Material Handling Systems -- Tool Management and Its Implications for Material Flow -- Issues in Design and Control of AS/RS -- Knowledge Models for the Design and Management of Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems -- Guided Vehicle Systems: Information/Control System Implications of Alternative Design and Operation Strategies -- 5. Integration Models and Techniques -- Materials Handling and Storage in Logistics Systems -- GRAI Approach to Designing and Controlling Advanced Manufacturing System in CIM Environment -- LLAMA: A Layered Logical Architecture for Material Administration -- Simulation Techology for the Design and Scheduling of Material Handling and Storage Systems -- Knowledge Based Approaches for Production Control: An Assessment -- 6. Implementation and Management Issues -- Information Processing in Material Flow System Management -- CIM System Development for Small to Medium Size Discrete-Parts Manufacturing Companies -- An Approach to Solve Workshop Real Time Scheduling Problems -- Cybernetics Approach to Material Flow Control -- 7. Research Panel Reports.