E-Manufacturing: Business Paradigms and Supporting Technologies

Content.- Perspective on Concurrent Engineering in Product and Process Design.- E-Manufacturing: The Tools We Need to Deal with Relationships and Networks.- e-Manufacturing in Europe: Enterprise Networking.- Knowledge, Innovation and Investment.- Joint Ventures for Innovation & Competitiveness.- Planning, Design and Management of Shared Information within Globally Distributed Manufacturing Networks.- Customer Relationship Management and Smart Organization.- The FIR E-Business Engineering Integration Model.- Microplano — A Scheduling Support System for the Plastic Injection Industry.- Quality Certification in the Virtual Enterprise.- Making Effective the Introduction of E-Business in SME: A Reference Model Approach.- Robot Calibration Using Genetic Programming.- Robust Control of an Adaptive Optics System Using H? Method.- Small Linear Actuator for Small Robots.- A New Electromagnetic Actuation System on an Industrial Sewing Machine with On-Line Efficiency Monitoring.- Understanding Data in Industrial Environments.- A Framework for Understanding Cellular Manufacturing Systems.- Sales Prediction With Marketing Data Integration for Supply Chains.- Utilizing Neural Network for Mechatronics, On-line Inspection and Process Control.- Selection Criteria for Make or Buy Decision Process in Enterprises.- Description of the Competence Cell Process Planning.- An Innovative ICT Platform for Dynamic Virtual Enterprises.- Managing Vendor Supplied Models of Production Facilities.- Essential Services for P2P e-Marketplaces.- Proposition of a Repository for Enterprise Modeling: (EMC) Enterprise Modeling Components.- Geographical Information Platform for Distributed Data Acquisition Systems.- Developing Graixpert: A Software Tool to Analyse and Design Production Systems.-Manufacturing in the 21st Century.- Keyword index.