Globalization of Manufacturing in the Digital Communications Era of the 21st Century: Innovation, Agility, and the Virtual Enterprise

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Feature Based Modeling of Machining Process Products....Pages 163-174
Capture and Exchange of Component Information Using EXPRESS Oriented Standards....Pages 175-186
Data sharing of shape model with VRML environment....Pages 187-194
Application of Product Data Management Technology for Enterprise-wide Distributed Product Development....Pages 195-207
An Integrated Product and Process Model....Pages 209-219
Artefact integration by concurrent enterprises and productive break-up....Pages 221-234
Simulation-based Analysis and Internet-based Realisation of Collaborative Product Development Processes....Pages 235-243
Delegating Management Tasks through Negotiation and Contracting in the Open Service Market....Pages 245-256
Management of Concurrent Engineering Processes in international product development....Pages 1-12
Cooperative Information Management for Distributed Production Nodes....Pages 13-27
CAE application software moves to the WEB....Pages 29-41
Inter-Company Supply Chains Integration via Mobile Agents....Pages 43-54
Communication in virtual supply chain teams....Pages 55-67
A Distributed Order Promise and Planning System for the Virtual Enterprise....Pages 69-80
TeleProd: An Internet based Teleproductics system....Pages 81-92
Design Office Control using Information Technology (DOCIT)....Pages 93-105
Telecooperation Systems in Engineering Companies Supplying the Metallurgy Industry: The Experience of the OrgTech Project....Pages 107-119
A model of enterprise integration and collaboration tools and communication infrastructure for inter-enterprise collaboration....Pages 121-134
Capacity Modelling for Virtual Enterprises....Pages 135-147
Integration of Collaborative Approaches for Distributed Product Development....Pages 149-162
A Framework for Round the Clock Design and Support....Pages 439-450
Methodologies and Tools for Co-operative Interaction in the Design Process....Pages 451-462
Methods to Support Co-operative Product Development....Pages 463-474
Development of New Collaborative Design and Engineering Environment....Pages 475-486
Issues and solutions in feature-based modelling: re-designing the shape kernel of CAD systems....Pages 325-335
A study on object-oriented model repository for manufacturing system modeling....Pages 337-350
Feature-based Product Modelling in Concurrent Engineering....Pages 351-362
Cyberbikes — Interactive Visualization of Manufacturing Processes in a Virtual Environment....Pages 413-424
Modular building of formative systems for machine tools structures....Pages 425-437
A Manufacturing Planning and Execution Software Integration Architecture....Pages 363-373
The meaning of manufacturing know-how....Pages 375-387
Resource capability modelling for responsive process planning in extended manufacturing facilities....Pages 389-400
From telework project planning to project co-ordination, an integrated approach....Pages 401-412
Product data exchange using STEP....Pages 257-269
A Knowledge Level Theory of Design and Engineering....Pages 271-286
Design Knowledge Collection by Modeling....Pages 287-298
Domain Centered Design Support....Pages 299-311
Information interactions in data model driven design for manufacture....Pages 313-324
Virtual Engineering in investment goods industry — Potentials and application concepts....Pages 487-498
Database support for concurrent digital mock-up....Pages 499-509
An approach to an individual product development using advanced measurement and human modeling technologies....Pages 761-770
An Evolutionary Scheduling Paradigm Using Coordinated Autonomous Agents....Pages 553-563
A Coordination Framework for Intelligent Agents in the Distributed Enterprise....Pages 565-578
An Agent-Based Approach for Manufacturing Enterprise Integration and Supply Chain Management....Pages 579-590
Multiagent Methodology for Computer Aided Design and Integrated Manufacturing....Pages 591-602
Integrated manufacturing of high-standing dresses for customised satisfaction....Pages 511-522
VRML authoring in the context of industrial applications....Pages 523-539
Re-engineering: leanness issues in automatic assembly....Pages 603-615
Automatic cutter selection based on product description and machining knowledge....Pages 617-626
Transition to Next Generation Logistic Information Systems....Pages 627-640
An information system for team work quality support: across the shop-floor and beyond....Pages 641-652
An Integrated Software Architecture for Rapid Product Development Processes....Pages 653-669
Using push technology for industrial automation: new ways of conceiving Internet / Intranet for industries....Pages 671-684
Layered Manufacture of Multi-Level of Detail Models....Pages 541-552
Configuration and Coordination issues in a Virtual Enterprise Environment....Pages 685-696
Towards Globalisation and the Virtual Enterprise....Pages 697-709
Information Systems Architecture for Collaborative Manufacturing in Virtual Enterprises....Pages 711-723
High-Level Coordination of Business Processes in a Virtual Enterprise....Pages 725-736
Agility and Human factors in the Virtual Enterprise....Pages 737-748
Manufacturing in Networks — Competitive Advantages for Virtual Enterprises....Pages 749-760
Teleservice - Opening Doors to the World Market....Pages 771-782
Classification of Product Knowledge -An Approach to Optimal Feedback Strategies for Design....Pages 783-799
Inheritance Semantics for Features....Pages 801-812
Creating corporate environmental information systems....Pages 813-827
Information Management for Life Cycle Assessment using Smart Agents....Pages 829-841
A Development of Expert design system for DRAW DIE in Automotive industry....Pages 843-855
A Review of Engineering Design Support Systems and models....Pages 857-868