Collaborative Systems for Production Management
Harinder Singh Jagdev (Editor), Johan C. Wortmann (Editor), Henk Jan PelsBooks.org participates in affiliate programs including Bookshop.org and the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. We may earn a commission from qualifying purchases made through links on this page, at no additional cost to you.
Overview
Just as no man is an island, so no business can operate without being part of a network of businesses proactively collaborating and sharing information for mutual success. This book presents some of the latest thinking on collaborative systems by leading experts in the field.
Synopsis
Analysts, researchers, vendors, and industrial practitioners provide the latest thinking and solutions for collaborative systems based on a 2002 international conference in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. The 43- chapter volume reflects a growing interest among companies in streamlining operations by forming close alliances and integrating operational processes with key suppliers and customers. The book may interest managers of manufacturing and service industries, systems analysts, IT specialists and system engineers, and post-graduate students in any of these areas. Editor Jagdev (U. of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology) includes lean supply chain planning distributed and secure cooperative engineering in virtual plant production, review of B2B integration, system design principles in customer-driven manufacturing, and indicators for interactive scheduling. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR