Dispersed Manufacturing Networks

1. Front Matter

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2. Prologue

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Introduction

      Pages 3-12

   3. Industrial Networks of the Future: Review of Research and Practice

      • Rob Dekkers, David Bennett

      Pages 13-34

3. Networks as Complex Adaptive Systems

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Dispersed Network Manufacturing: An Emerging Form of Collaboration Networks

      • Hamid Noori, W. B. Lee

      Pages 39-58

   3. Self-Similarity and Criticality in Dispersed Manufacturing: A Contribution to Production Networks Control

      • Hermann Kühnle

      Pages 59-76

   4. Collaborations in Industrial Networks: The Co-Evolutionary Perspective

      • Rob Dekkers

      Pages 77-105

4. Control and Coordination in Industrial Networks

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Designing and Modeling Agile Supply-Demand Networks

      • Petri Helo, Natalia Kitaygorodskaya, Sari Salminen, Roger J. Jiao

      Pages 111-129

   3. Framework for Developing an Agile Future-Proof Supply Chain

      • Hossein Sharifi, Hossam Ismail, Iain Reid

      Pages 131-153

5. International Issues of Industrial Networks

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 155-158

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   2. Developing a Worldwide Production Network

      • Joachim Kuhn

      Pages 159-177

   3. Planning in Companies with Dispersed Capacity

      • Stephen A. Smith, David J. Petty, David G. Trustrum, Ashraf W. Labib

      Pages 179-194

   4. Managing Product Variety in Multinational Corporation Supply Chains: A Simulation Study Investigating Flow Time

      • Mahendrawathi Er, Bart MacCarthy

      Pages 195-222

   5. Set-Up and Operation of Global Engineering Networks Spanning Industrialized and Emerging Economies

      • Harshavardhan Karandikar

      Pages 223-240

6. Epilogue

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   2. What Follows

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7. Back Matter

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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.

• Collaborative Networks
• Complex Adaptive Systems
• Manufacturing
• Manufacturing Management
• Manufacturing System
• SRUK
• capacity
• control
• design
• logistics
• production
• quality
• simulation
• supply chain
• supply chain management
• Engineering Economics

• Div. Management & Business Economics, Paisley Business School, Paisley, UK

  Rob Dekkers

Rob Dekkers holds both a Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering and a doctoral degree, both from Delft University of Technology. He joined the University of the West of Scotland in 2006, having previously been a Senior Lecturer in Industrial Organisation and Management at Delft University of Technology, and, during his time in industry, an internal consultant, a production manager and a senior project manager.

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