João José Pinto Ferreira - Böcker

E-Manufacturing implementation and related business practices demand an ever increasing knowledge about enabling technologies. Moreover, the digital and wireless world will surely trigger new business practices. This conference aims therefore at bringing together the business and technology research worlds into a catalyst forum for new business models and technology opportunities. In this context we have the objective of bridging the gap between technical and business discussions, usually developing in widespread forums. E-Business is a very significant economic and social paradigm and is now building on the convergence of several technologies. Under this topic, and concentrating our efforts in the E-Manufacturing area, we aim at highlighting strategies, methods, the demand for deployment of new business models and for intra- and extended-enterprise business processes. E-Manufacturing: This text opens with a set of interesting selections from invited authors, covering perspectives such as concurrent engineering in product and process design, the tools needed to deal with people, relationships and networks, enterprise networking in Europe.This section closes with business and innovation topics, handling issues such as knowledge, innovation and investment, and joint ventures for innovation and competitiveness. The remaining parts of the book tackle the following e-manufacturing issues: advanced logistics, mechatronics, manufacturing systems integration and supporting technologies.

E-Manufacturing: Business Paradigms and Supporting Technologies opens with a set of interesting selections from invited authors, covering perspectives such as concurrent engineering in product and process design, the tools needed to deal with people, relationships and networks, enterprise networking in Europe. This section closes with business and innovation topics, handling issues such as knowledge, innovation and investment, and joint ventures for innovation and competitiveness. The remaining parts of the book tackle the following e-manufacturing issues: advanced logistics, mechatronics, manufacturing systems integration and supporting technologies.