2.2. The shared enterprise
2.3. The intelligent enterprise (IE)
2.4. Agile manifacturing (AM)
2.5. Computer Integrated manufacturing (CIM)
2.6. Intelligent manufacturing systems (IMS)
2.7. The CIM-OSA Model 40
3 VIRTUAL ENTERPRISE(VE) AND RELATED APPROACHES
- 3.1. Introduction
- 3.2. Toward a concept of VE
- 3.3. Tha characteristics, functions and bases of VE 49
- 3.4. An illlustration of the VE concept 54
- 3.5. Related cases 58
4 CONCURRENT ENGINEERING (CE)
- 4.1. Introduction
- 4.2. Definition and motivations
- 4.3. CE implementation needs
- 4.4. The integrated working environment and product information
- 4.5. Available methods, information technology and Tools 93
- 4.6. CE related projects 94
- 4.7. Conclusion 99
5 ASSESSMENT OF THE ENTERPRISE APPROACHES
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2. Enterprise approaches: a general view 102
- 5.3 Why and how approaches must be used in concurrent Enterprise 109
- 5.4. Weaknesses and cooperation assessment 112
6 BUSINESS CASES AND ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2. Business cases
- 6.3. Electronic commerce (EC) 133
- 6.3. Networking documents 137
7 CONCURRENT ENTERPRISE 145
- 7.1. Introduction 145
- 7.2 Cooperation, collaboration and concurrency 146
- 7.3. Concurrent enterprise and electronic commerce 148
- 7.4. From traditional projects in partnership to concurrent enterprise 150
- 7.5. Virtual enterprise and concurrent enterprise 154
- 7.6. Concurrent enterprise as a tactical approach 158
- 7.7 Virtual prototyping 161
- 7.8. Conclusion 170
8 CONCURRENT ENTERPRISING 173
- 8.1. Introduction 173
- 8.2.Concurrency reference model 176
- 8.3. Concurrency and collaboration capability assessment 180
- 8.4. Assessment considerations and approaches 182
- 8.5. Capability assessment 185
- 8.6. Virtual Shared Spaces 191
- 8.7. Conclusions 194
CONCLUSIONS 195
INDEX 197