Challenges Between Competition and Collaboration: The Future of the European Manufacturing Industry

Front Matter....Pages I-VIII
Introduction....Pages 1-8
President’s Introduction: From Idea to Implementation....Pages 9-11
Between Collaboration and Competition....Pages 13-22
ERA: A Challenge for Co-opetition....Pages 23-30
Plant Engineering in Global Competition....Pages 31-44
Jaguar Racing — Collaboration in the Workflow?....Pages 45-58
Long-Term Cooperation in the European Aerospace Industry....Pages 59-62
The Network of Automotive Excellence as a Potential Response to Change in Development / Production and Brand Policy....Pages 63-78
The European Automotive Supply Industry at the Crossroads....Pages 79-86
Network of Automotive Excellence — The Future Role of Tier 1 from a Development Standpoint....Pages 87-90
eEurope and the European Research Area EU Policies to Address Major Business and Work Challenges....Pages 91-110
Networks of Excellence: Relevance, Feasibility, Sustainability....Pages 111-124
Secure Engineering Collaboration....Pages 125-126
e-Business: The Importance of Standards for e-Marketplaces....Pages 127-147
Neutrality, Openness and Co-operation in the Service Industry....Pages 149-154
Core Competences Recognition, Development and Successful Implementation Network of Automotive Excellence....Pages 155-168
30 Per Cent More Efficiency in Product Development Fiction or Hard Fact?....Pages 169-178
Productivity of “Knowledge” Work or the New Role of Men at Work....Pages 179-182
30% Higher Efficiency in Product Development Requirements to the OEM from the Engineering Service Suppliers’ Point of View....Pages 183-186
Virtual Level Collaboration: SMEs in Aerospace....Pages 187-190
Technology as a Basis for Collaboration....Pages 191-192
MOSAIC E-Net Integration Platform Reduction of Processing Costs through Electronic Data Exchange....Pages 193-202
Data Re-presentation as a First Step Towards a Unified IT-Structure....Pages 203-206
Competition and Collaboration in Sport....Pages 207-214
Opening Up to Change People as Critical Success Factor for Collaboration....Pages 215-230
The Boundaries of “Marketisation” The Myths About Entrepreneurial Employees....Pages 231-252
“Performance Community” — New Financing Solutions....Pages 253-260
Identification of Cost-Saving Potentials....Pages 261-272
Competition and Collaboration in the Automotive Industry....Pages 273-276
Best-Practice Concept for Supply Chain Monitoring....Pages 277-296
New Networks: Features and Tasks....Pages 297-302
Networks of Excellence: Ewf Europe’s Vision....Pages 303-304
Ewf Association in Switzerland....Pages 305-306
Back Matter....Pages 307-326