Digital Enterprise Challenges: Life-Cycle Approach to Management and Production

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Integration of Human Intent Model Descriptions in Product Models....Pages 1-12
Product Data Management as a Key Component of Integrated Enterprise Information Systems....Pages 13-24
Organizational Transformation and Process Modeling in Modern Telecommunications Companies....Pages 25-36
Logical Communication Levels in an Intelligent Flexible Manufacturing System....Pages 37-42
NC Program Simulation with the Capability of Generating Alternative Process Plan for Flexible Manufacturing....Pages 43-49
A General Model of Auxiliary Processes in Manufacturing....Pages 50-59
Modeling and Management of Production Networks....Pages 60-71
A Framework for a CAD-Integrated Tolerance Optimisation System....Pages 72-83
Integration of Cables in the Virtual Product Development Process....Pages 84-94
Constrained Fitting — A Key Issue in Reverse Engineering Conventional Parts....Pages 95-105
Volumetric tools for machining planning....Pages 106-116
A net based solution for lifecycle engineering....Pages 117-126
Integration Issues on Combining Feature Technology and Life Cycle Assessment....Pages 127-140
Integrating Life Cícle Aspects Within Product Family Design: An Example for SMEs....Pages 141-151
Evaluation of Used-Parts Quality for Integration of the Inverse Manufacturing Process....Pages 152-163
A Telecooperation Management System for Secure Data Conferencing in Distributed Product Development Processes....Pages 164-174
New Product Development Process....Pages 175-186
Towards the Workflow-enabled Civil Construction Enterprise Integration....Pages 187-195
Bulgarian Experience in Use of Internet for Production and Business Applications....Pages 196-205
Local min.-energy, F E based formulation for well-path design....Pages 206-217
From digital product development to an extended digital Enterprise....Pages 218-229
Sustaining the introduction of innovation in digital enterprises....Pages 230-241
A Planning and Management Infrastructure for Complex Distributed Organizations....Pages 242-252
MERCI: Standards based exchange of component information to support e-business applications....Pages 253-264
Virtual Composite — An Effective Tool of Research....Pages 265-273
A Virtual Glovebox for the Digital Enterprise....Pages 274-283
Web-based Information Models to Support Product Development in Virtual Enterprises....Pages 284-295
Fractal Management Systems for Extended, Holonic Enterprises....Pages 296-304
Service Federation in Virtual Organizations....Pages 305-324
Functional Analysis and Synthesis of Modular Manufacturing Systems Using the Holonic Theory: Application to Integrated Robotic Workcells....Pages 325-336
A social actors network approach for the design of networked and virtual enterprises....Pages 337-348
Virtual Enterprises and Security....Pages 349-359
Intelligent Open CNC System Based on the Knowledge Server Concept....Pages 360-368
An Ontology-Based Collaborative Framework for Decision Support in Engineering....Pages 369-381
Order Management in Non-Hierarchical Production Networks using Genetic Algorithms....Pages 382-393
Data Access Control in Virtual Organisations....Pages 394-405
Knowledge-Based CAD/CAPP/CAM Integration System for Manufacturing....Pages 406-415
The fabric feeding management for automatic clothing manufacture....Pages 416-427
Hierarchical Knowledge-Based Process Planning in Manufacturing....Pages 428-439
Supply Chain Management in Agile Manufacturing Environment....Pages 440-451
Communicating to a Manufacturing Device using MMS/CORBA....Pages 452-462
ERP Interfaces for Enterprise Networks....Pages 463-474
Multi Agent Systems for Multi Enterprise Scheduling....Pages 475-485
Valu.e-networking....Pages 486-493
The Operating Models of Tomorrow Require New Control Concepts Today....Pages 494-505
Solution of FMS Scheduling Problems Using the Hybrid Dynamical Approach....Pages 506-520
Simulation of Robot Arm Actions Realized by Using Discrete Event Simulation Method in LabVIEW....Pages 521-532
Robotic equipment for deep-sea operation: Digital mock-up and assessment....Pages 533-542
Assisted mails sorting and forwarding stands: performance analysis and ergonomic assessment....Pages 543-554
Back Matter....Pages 555-556