E-Manufacturing: Business Paradigms and Supporting Technologies

• Content.- Perspective on Concurrent Engineering in Product and Process Design.- E-Manufacturing: The Tools We Need to Deal with Relationships and Networks.- e-Manufacturing in Europe: Enterprise Networking.- Knowledge, Innovation and Investment.- Joint Ventures for Innovation & Competitiveness.- Planning, Design and Management of Shared Information within Globally Distributed Manufacturing Networks.- Customer Relationship Management and Smart Organization.- The FIR E-Business Engineering Integration Model.- Microplano — A Scheduling Support System for the Plastic Injection Industry.- Quality Certification in the Virtual Enterprise.- Making Effective the Introduction of E-Business in SME: A Reference Model Approach.- Robot Calibration Using Genetic Programming.- Robust Control of an Adaptive Optics System Using H? Method.- Small Linear Actuator for Small Robots.- A New Electromagnetic Actuation System on an Industrial Sewing Machine with On-Line Efficiency Monitoring.- Understanding Data in Industrial Environments.- A Framework for Understanding Cellular Manufacturing Systems.- Sales Prediction With Marketing Data Integration for Supply Chains.- Utilizing Neural Network for Mechatronics, On-line Inspection and Process Control.- Selection Criteria for Make or Buy Decision Process in Enterprises.- Description of the Competence Cell Process Planning.- An Innovative ICT Platform for Dynamic Virtual Enterprises.- Managing Vendor Supplied Models of Production Facilities.- Essential Services for P2P e-Marketplaces.- Proposition of a Repository for Enterprise Modeling: (EMC) Enterprise Modeling Components.- Geographical Information Platform for Distributed Data Acquisition Systems.- Developing Graixpert: A Software Tool to Analyse and Design Production Systems.-Manufacturing in the 21st Century.- Keyword index.

From the reviews: "E-Manufacturing: Business Paradigms and Supporting Technologies is a fairly good effort to fill the gap between the e-technology issues pertaining to different levels of the modern production system. ... It is appropriate for researchers in industrial engineering, management, or IT. It could also be valuable for IT professionals and business executives, who will find several papers containing remarkable ideas that show how effective e-technology implementation in manufacturing calls for a thorough reconfiguration of production systems." (Edio Padoano, Interfaces, Vol. 35 (3), 2005)