Strategic Production Networks

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XV

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2. Challenges for Today’s Production Companies

   • Frank Possel-Doelken, Li Zheng

   Pages 1-6

3. Cooperation Between Production Companies

   • Frank Possel-Doelken, Li Zheng, Dun Bing Tang

   Pages 7-43

4. Telecooperation

   • Ralf Reichwald, Kathrin Möslein, Hermann Englberger, Herman Englberger, Johann Schlichter, Michael Koch

   Pages 44-74

5. Quality Management in Collaborative Projects

   • Tilo Pfeifer, Christoph Theis, Michael Rübartsch

   Pages 75-114

6. Cooperation in Product Development

   • Holger Luczak, Christopher Schlick, Detlef Herbst, Oliver Thome, Markus Wittmann, Ling Tian

   Pages 115-170

7. Cooperation in Operations Planning

   • Walter Eversheim, Markus Westekemper, Frank Spennemann, Reinhard Grosse Wienker, Li Zheng

   Pages 171-222

8. Supply Chain Management

   • Frank Possel-Doelken, Li Zheng, Paul Schoensleben, Rico Wojanowski, Michael Schenk, Daniel Palm et al.

   Pages 223-367

9. Management of Variable Production Networks

   • Hans-Peter Wiendahl, Stefan Lutz

   Pages 368-388

10. Mass Customization

    • Frank Piller, Ralf Reichwald

    Pages 389-421

11. Virtual Factories and Enterprises

    • Günther Schuh, Thomas Friedli

    Pages 422-446

12. Cooperation Networks for Industrial Services

    • Christian Gill, Volker Liestmann

    Pages 447-467

13. Cooperation in Knowledge Management

    • Klaus Henning, Regina Oertel, Christian Henrichs

    Pages 468-480

14. Abbreviations

    • Li Zheng, Frank Possel-Dölken

    Pages 481-483

15. Authors

    • Li Zheng, Frank Possel-Dölken

    Pages 484-489

Implementing co-operative production networks is a major strategic target of many small- and medium-sized enterprises to secure and foster future competitiveness on the global market. Beginning with the strategic management and going down to the operational product development and operations execution, this book gives a detailed overview of the different key issues of setting up strategic production networks. Management concepts, the required information technology as well as best practices are introduced and discussed by leading researchers from Germany, Switzerland and China. The book aims at supporting managers responsible for setting up global or regional co-operative production networks as well as researchers and students working on this matter.

• Chain Management
• Co-operation
• Co-operative Production Networks
• Information Technology (IT)
• KMU
• Kooperationen
• Produktion
• Produktionsnetzwerke
• SMEs
• Strategic Networks
• Strategische Unternehmensnetzwerk
• development
• management
• planning
• production
• Engineering Economics

From the reviews:

"This book presents an overview of the different co-operative approaches in terms of merger/takeover, joint venture, strategic network, outsourcing and de-investment (sale). … the text makes a valuable contribution to manufacturing literature and will support managers responsible for setting up global or regional co-operative production networks." (International Logistics Abstracts, Vol. 32 (4), 2002)

• Department of Industrial Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, P.R. China

  Li Zheng

• Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering, Aachen University of Technology, Aachen, Germany

  Frank Possel-Dölken

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