E-Business And Virtual Enterprises
Contains 51 articles from PRO-VE, the second IFIP working conference on Infrastructures for Virtual Enterprises. Emphasis is placed on new forms of virtual organizations, support for agility, distributed business processes modeling and execution, management of enterprise clusters, distributed information and knowledge management, and safe communication. Some other topics addressed include aspects of socio- organizational transformations, training needs, legal and ethical issues, and...
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Contains 51 articles from PRO-VE, the second IFIP working conference on Infrastructures for Virtual Enterprises. Emphasis is placed on new forms of virtual organizations, support for agility, distributed business processes modeling and execution, management of enterprise clusters, distributed information and knowledge management, and safe communication. Some other topics addressed include aspects of socio- organizational transformations, training needs, legal and ethical issues, and intellectual property rights. Lacks a subject index. Of likely interest to researchers, engineers, practitioners, and engineering students in production engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, organizational science, and industrial sociology. Annotation © Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Technical Co-SponsorsxiRefereesxiiForewordxiiiPart 1New Organizational Models11.Will the organisation disappear? The challenges of the new economy and future perspectives32.A new paradigm for the next century: The task oriented job Market213.E-Diagnosis: Knowledge management and organizational change in virtual times294.A diary using fuzzy sets37Part 2Infrastructure Requirements455.Infrastructure for the advanced virtual enterprise: A report using a Brazilian-based example476.Linking SMEs' clusters: A view of the information infrastructure637.Working efficiently with the service industries718.VE Infrastructures requirements for cooperation and knowledge sharing79Part 3Infrastructures Development879.Supporting agility in virtual enterprises8910.The SACE-CSCW framework: An infrastructure to support virtual enterprises and concurrent engineering processes10511.Design of a computer-supported cooperative environment for small and medium enterprises11312.Environment for design and analysis of system integration127Part 4Multi-Agent Based Collaboration13513.Requirements for an agent based information system supporting variably coupled networked enterprises13714.Federated multi-agent scheduling in virtual enterprises14515.The NetMan agent-based architecture for e-business in network organizations15716.A mobile-agent based architecture for virtual enterprises167Part 5Information Management And Coordination17517.Supporting information access rights and visibility levels in virtual enterprises17718.A virtual project house infrastructure for distributed development processes19319.The holonic paradigm as a new metaphor for the coordination problem of virtual enterprises20320.Protocol-based cooperation in a virtual manufacturing organization211Part 6Supply Chain Management21921.Agent-based infrastructure of supply chain network management22122.A distributed framework for collaborative supply network integration23323.New tools for multi-stage supply chains24524.Supply chain management and distributed manufacturing in the automotive industry251Part 7Industry Clusters And Brokerage25925.Action research: The formation of a manufacturing virtual industry cluster26126.Exploitation of business opportunities: the role of the virtual enterprise broker26927.Agent-based brokerage for virtual enterprise creation in the moulds industry281Part 8E-Commerce And Logistics29128.Logistics support to electronic commerce in Brazil: Trends and constraints29329.A survey on the use of e-commerce by Brazilian companies30330.Electronic commerce with XML/EDI in virtual enterprises311Part 9Distributed Production Planning32531.The price-date-relationship as a negotiating tool in production planning and control32732.Production planning and control information system for the engineering and make to order environment33333.The design and development of a discrete event simulation system to support virtual industry activities34134.Process support for virtual projects in the construction sector351Part 10Knowledge Management35935.CogNet: Integrated information and knowledge management and its use in virtual organisations36136.An IT-based framework for knowledge management in networked organisations37137.Shop floor reengineering to support agility in virtual enterprise environments38138.A conceptual framework for aggregate management of virtual enterprises395Part 11Socio-Organizational Issues40339.Virtual organizations and the cultural dimension: Organization rites in the consolidation of telework40540.Virtual teams and the organisational grapevine41341."Moral infrastructure" and virtual enterprises: Ethics as a competitive factor for the Internet commerce in Brazil42542.Informal networks: Managing the knowledge within virtual enterprises433Part 12Skills And Value Assessment44143.A methodology to evaluate enterprises to become members of virtual industry clusters44344.An assessment model to analyze organizational readiness to implement telework arrangements45545.A systematic approach to IPR definition in cooperative projects465Part 13Quality Management47746.Quality certification in the virtual enterprise: An objective tool for supply chain management and customer satisfaction47947.An innovation coaching approach to efficiently introduce QM-Systems in SMEs48748.Using Knowledge management to improve quality495Part 14Product Development50549.A combined knowledge and information infrastructure to support product development50750.Towards a virtual organization: The rapid prototyping Portuguese national network51551.IPDM Systems523Author Index531
