Global Engineering, Manufacturing and Enterprise Networks

1. Front Matter

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2. Keynote

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Accessing Corporate Memory — Some Knowledge Structure Concepts

      • Ronald C. Beckett

      Pages 2-16

3. Virtual Enterprises

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17

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   2. Virtual Enterprise Architecture and its Supporting Methods/Tools for Managing Supply Chain System Life Cycle

      • Yoichi Kamio, Eiichi Yamamoto, Kazuo Morita, Yoshiro Fukuda, Yasuyuki Nishioka

      Pages 18-25

   3. Flexible Infrastructure for Virtual Enterprises

      • A. T. M. Aerts, N. B. Szirbik, J. B. M. Goossenaerts

      Pages 26-37

   4. Assessing Ability to Execute in Virtual Enterprises

      • Roelof J. van den Berg, Martin Tølle

      Pages 38-45

   5. Project-specific Process Configuration in Virtual Enterprises

      • C. Rupprecht, T. Rose, E. van Halm, A. Zwegers

      Pages 46-53

   6. Functional Requirements for Inter-enterprise Intranet Services

      • A. S. Kazi, M. Hannus

      Pages 54-60

   7. The Architecture of an Internet-based Virtual Industrial Community

      • Mingwei Zhou

      Pages 61-65

   8. From Single Enterprises to Complementary Networks

      • Hans-Peter Wiendahl, Arne Engelbrecht, Oliver Hamacher

      Pages 66-73

4. Modelling and Analysis of Virtual Enterprises

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Use of GERAM as Basis for a Virtual Enterprise Framework Model

      • J. Vesterager, L. B. Larsen, J. D. Pedersen, M. Tølle, P. Bernus

      Pages 75-82

   3. The Component-oriented Approach towards Complex Product Development

      • Fujun Wang, John J. Mills

      Pages 83-94

   4. Supporting Partner Selection for Virtual Enterprises

      • Jens Dahl Pedersen, Roelof J. van den Berg

      Pages 95-102

   5. Specifying Interactions in Integrated Manufacturing Systems

      • David Flater

      Pages 103-110

   6. Modelling Semiosis of Design

      • V. V. Kryssanov, J. B. M. Goossenaerts

      Pages 111-118

   7. Modelling for Designing, Managing and Improving Virtual Enterprises in One-of-a-kind Business

      • Lauri Koskela, Abdul Samad Kazi, Matti Hannus

      Pages 119-127

   8. An Adaptive Process Management System (APMS)

      • Christopher Menzel, Perakath Benjamin

      Pages 128-136

   9. Modelling Requirements for Self-integrating Manufacturing Systems

      • Peter Denno

      Pages 137-144

The availability of effective global communication facilities in the last decade has changed the business goals of many manufacturing enterprises. They need to remain competitive by developing products and processes which are specific to individual requirements, completely packaged and manufactured globally. Networks of enterprises are formed to operate across time and space with world-wide distributed functions such as manufacturing, sales, customer support, engineering, quality assurance, supply chain management and so on. Research and technology development need to address architectures, methodologies, models and tools supporting intra- and inter-enterprise operation and management. Throughout the life cycle of products and enterprises there is the requirement to transform information sourced from globally distributed offices and partners into knowledge for decision and action. Building on the success of previous DrrSM conferences (Tokyo 1993, Eindhoven 1996, Fort Worth 1998), the fourth International Conference on Design of Information Infrastructure Systems for Manufacturing (DrrSM 2000) aims to: • Establish and manage the dynamics of virtual enterprises, define the information system requirements and develop solutions; • Develop and deploy information management in multi-cultural systems with universal applicability of the proposed architecture and solutions; • Develop enterprise integration architectures, methodologies and information infrastructure support for reconfigurable enterprises; • Explore information transformation into knowledge for decision and action by machine and skilful people; These objectives reflect changes of the business processes due to advancements of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the last couple of years.

• Analysis
• B2B
• E-Commerce
• Internet
• Manufacturing
• Manufacturing System
• Memo
• Unified Modeling Language (UML)
• computer
• configuration
• development
• knowledge management
• search engine marketing (SEM)
• simulation
• tools

• Division of Manufacturing Science and Technology, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia

  John P. T. Mo, Laszlo Nemes

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