Overview
Provides the reader with methods and tools for developing integrative approaches for dispersed manufacturing systems
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Prologue
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Networks as Complex Adaptive Systems
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Control and Coordination in Industrial Networks
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International Issues of Industrial Networks
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Epilogue
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About this book
Dispersed Manufacturing Networks provides new perspectives of dispersed manufacturing systems from three points of view. The first is that offered by complex systems theory, particularly on how agents in these industrial networks interact and how that provides possibility for coordination. The book also elaborates on issues of coordination and planning, as well as examining new solutions and challenges for logistics problems and collaboration in engineering networks within the internationalisation perspective.
The impact of globalization is discussed for both managerial decision-making and operational performance of supply chains. A strong emphasis is placed on the need for continuous decision-making with recognition of the fact that networks of loosely connected agents require different approaches.
Both researchers and professionals will welcome Dispersed Manufacturing Networks. It is an informative guide for those researching and working across a range of fields.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Dispersed Manufacturing Networks
Book Subtitle: Challenges for Research and Practice
Editors: Rob Dekkers
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-468-3
Publisher: Springer London
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-84882-467-6Published: 30 June 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-5755-7Published: 29 November 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-84882-468-3Published: 26 June 2009
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 257
Topics: Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing, Operations Management, Manufacturing, Machines, Tools, Processes