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New market trends and the emergence of the so-called Internet-based
`new economy' are leading companies to new forms of organization,
mostly relying on privileged cooperation links. Nowadays, most
manufacturing processes are not carried out by single enterprises.
Rather, organizations feel the need to focus on their core
competencies and join efforts with others, in order to fulfill the
requirements of new products/services demanded by the global
market. In a cooperative networked organization, every enterprise
is just a node that adds some value to the process; namely, a step
in the manufacturing/supply chain. Furthermore, manufacturing
companies increasingly encompass what has typically been regarded
as the domain of the service sector. They try to establish
long-term relationships with their customers, in order to service
their needs around a manufactured product. For these reasons, the
area of virtual organizations and industrial virtual enterprises is
attracting growing interest in terms of research and development,
and implementation approaches for new business practices. The main
emphasis of this book is on virtual enterprises and other networked
organizations, with special focus on: supporting infrastructures
and management of distributed business processes, intelligent
multi-agent systems, knowledge management, human interfaces, and
socio-economical aspects. Also included in the book are related
topics on automation, both in manufacturing and transportation.
Special attention is assigned to the fact that advances in
information technology and new organizational paradigms will be
used not only to induce new economic structures, but also to help a
sustainable migration of existing systems towards the new economy.
When electronic business initiatives attract such widespread
attention, it is important to conciliate the `old' and `new'
economies under a balanced perspective. Advances in Networked
Enterprises is essential reading for researchers and engineering
students in production engineering, computer science, electrical
engineering, mechanical engineering, industrial sociology, and
transportation, as well as for engineers and practitioners in
manufacturing and transportation systems organization and planning.
New market trends and the emergence of the so-called Internet-based
`new economy' are leading companies to new forms of organization,
mostly relying on privileged cooperation links. Nowadays, most
manufacturing processes are not carried out by single enterprises.
Rather, organizations feel the need to focus on their core
competencies and join efforts with others, in order to fulfill the
requirements of new products/services demanded by the global
market. In a cooperative networked organization, every enterprise
is just a node that adds some value to the process; namely, a step
in the manufacturing/supply chain. Furthermore, manufacturing
companies increasingly encompass what has typically been regarded
as the domain of the service sector. They try to establish
long-term relationships with their customers, in order to service
their needs around a manufactured product. For these reasons, the
area of virtual organizations and industrial virtual enterprises is
attracting growing interest in terms of research and development,
and implementation approaches for new business practices. The main
emphasis of this book is on virtual enterprises and other networked
organizations, with special focus on: supporting infrastructures
and management of distributed business processes, intelligent
multi-agent systems, knowledge management, human interfaces, and
socio-economical aspects. Also included in the book are related
topics on automation, both in manufacturing and transportation.
Special attention is assigned to the fact that advances in
information technology and new organizational paradigms will be
used not only to induce new economic structures, but also to help a
sustainable migration of existing systems towards the new economy.
When electronic business initiatives attract such widespread
attention, it is important to conciliate the `old' and `new'
economies under a balanced perspective. Advances in Networked
Enterprises is essential reading for researchers and engineering
students in production engineering, computer science, electrical
engineering, mechanical engineering, industrial sociology, and
transportation, as well as for engineers and practitioners in
manufacturing and transportation systems organization and planning.
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