E-Manufacturing: Business Paradigms and Supporting Technologies 18th International Conference on CAD/CAM Robotics and Factories of the Future (CARs&FOF) July 2002, Porto, Portugal

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.

Content.- Perspective on Concurrent Engineering in Product and Process Design.- E-Manufacturing: The Tools We Need to Deal with Relationships and Networks.- e-Manufacturing in Europe: Enterprise Networking.- Knowledge, Innovation and Investment.- Joint Ventures for Innovation & Competitiveness.- Planning, Design and Management of Shared Information within Globally Distributed Manufacturing Networks.- Customer Relationship Management and Smart Organization.- The FIR E-Business Engineering Integration Model.- Microplano — A Scheduling Support System for the Plastic Injection Industry.- Quality Certification in the Virtual Enterprise.- Making Effective the Introduction of E-Business in SME: A Reference Model Approach.- Robot Calibration Using Genetic Programming.- Robust Control of an Adaptive Optics System Using H? Method.- Small Linear Actuator for Small Robots.- A New Electromagnetic Actuation System on an Industrial Sewing Machine with On-Line Efficiency Monitoring.- Understanding Data in Industrial Environments.- A Framework for Understanding Cellular Manufacturing Systems.- Sales Prediction With Marketing Data Integration for Supply Chains.- Utilizing Neural Network for Mechatronics, On-line Inspection and Process Control.- Selection Criteria for Make or Buy Decision Process in Enterprises.- Description of the Competence Cell Process Planning.- An Innovative ICT Platform for Dynamic Virtual Enterprises.- Managing Vendor Supplied Models of Production Facilities.- Essential Services for P2P e-Marketplaces.- Proposition of a Repository for Enterprise Modeling: (EMC) Enterprise Modeling Components.- Geographical Information Platform for Distributed Data Acquisition Systems.- Developing Graixpert: A Software Tool to Analyse and Design Production Systems.-Manufacturing in the 21st Century.- Keyword index.