Strategic Management of the Manufacturing Value Chain

Presents the latest developments in the area of computer-aided production management as applied to extended enterprise. Up-to-date analysis of current research initiatives in the field are discussed and analyzed, including concurrent manufacturing/engineering, inter-organizational manufacturing issues, global partnerships, design to cost and extended enterprise issues. This book should be of interest to researchers, manufacturers and their libraries in the field of management and engineering, management and manufacturing consultancies and some industry.