Dispersed manufacturing networks / guest editor: Rob Dekkers.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dekkers, Rob.

Series:

Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management ; 17, no. 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manufacturing industries--Computer network resources.

Manufacturing industries.

Industrial management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (130 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bradford, England : Emerald Group Publishing, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Dispersed Manufacturing Networks can act as organizational manifestation for collaboration and coordination across loosely connected agents. Industrial networks provide an answer to the current challenges of innovative potential, responsiveness and flexibility through their capability for absorbing change and capturing market opportunities.

Contents:

Cover; CONTENTS; EDITORIAL REVIEW BOARD; Guest editorial; Dispersed network manufacturing: adapting SMEs to compete on the global scale; A model for managing the transition to a global engineering network spanning industrialized and emerging economies; A web-based logistics management system for agile supply demand network design; Achieving agility in supply chain through simultaneous "design of" and "design for" supply chain H. Sharifi, H.S. Ismail and I. Reid The University of Liverpool Management School, Liverpool, UK; Evolution of a worldwide production network

Managing product variety in multinational corporation supply chainsDiary dates; Conference announcement;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-280-73766-2

9786610737666

1-84663-201-3

OCLC:

85845692

Publisher Number:

9781846632006