E-Business and Virtual Enterprises: Managing Business-to-Business CooperationLuis M. Camarinha-Matos, Hamideh Afsarmanesh, Ricardo J. Rabelo The fast progress in computer networks and their wide availability complemented with on one hand the "explosion" of the mobile computing and on the other hand the trends in the direction of ubiquitous computing, act as powerful enablers for new forms of highly dynamic collaborative organizations and emergence of new business practices. The first efforts in virtual enterprises (VE) were strongly constrained by the need to design and develop horizontal infrastructures aimed at supporting the basic collaboration needs of consortia of enterprises. Even pilot projects that were focused on specific business domains were forced to first develop some basic infrastructures before being able to develop their specific business models. Nowadays, although there is still a need to consolidate and standardize the horizontal infrastructures, the focus is more and more directed to the development of new vertical business models and the corresponding support tools. At the same time, in the earlier R&D projects, the attention was almost exclusively devoted to the operation phase of the VE life cycle, while now there are more activities addressing the creation phase, developing mechanisms to support the rapid formation of new virtual organizations for new business opportunities. In order to complete the life cycle, there is a need to also invest on support for VE dissolution. |
Contents
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THE TASK ORIENTED JOB MARKET | 21 |
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE IN VIRTUAL TIMES | 29 |
4 A DIARY USING FUZZY SETS | 37 |
PART 2 INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS | 45 |
A REPORT USING A BRAZILIANBASED EXAMPLE | 46 |
A VIEW OF THE INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE | 63 |
PART 8 ECOMMERCE AND LOGISTICS | 291 |
TRENDS AND CONSTRAINTS | 293 |
29 A SURVEY ON THE USE OF ECOMMERCE BY BRAZILIAN COMPANIES | 303 |
30 ELECTRONIC COMMERCE WITH XMLEDI IN VIRTUAL ENTERPRISES | 311 |
PART 9 DISTRIBUTED PRODUCTION PLANNING | 325 |
31 THE PRICEDATERELATIONSHIP AS A NEGOTIATING TOOL IN PRODUCTION PLANNING AND CONTROL | 326 |
32 PRODUCTION PLANNING AND CONTROL INFORMATION SYSTEMFOR THE ENGINEERING AND MAKE TO ORDER ENVIRONMENT... | 333 |
33 THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF A DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION SYSTEM TO SUPPORT VIRTUAL INDUSTRY ACTIVITIES | 341 |
7 WORKING EFFICIENTLY WITH THE SERVICE INDUSTRIES | 71 |
8 VE INFRASTRUCTURES REQUIREMENTS FOR COOPERATION AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING | 79 |
PART 3 INFRASTRUCTURES DEVELOPMENT | 87 |
9 SUPPORTING AGILITY IN VIRTUAL ENTERPRISES | 89 |
AN INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT VIRTUAL ENTERPRISES AND CONCURRENT ENGINEERING PROCESSES | 105 |
11 DESIGN OF A COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES | 113 |
12 ENVIRONMENT FOR DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF SYSTEM INTEGRATION | 127 |
PART 4 MULTIAGENT BASED COLLABORATION | 135 |
13 REQUIREMENTS FOR AN AGENT BASED INFORMATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING VARIABLY COUPLED NETWORKED ENTERPRISES | 136 |
14 FEDERATED MULTIAGENT SCHEDULING IN VIRTUAL ENTERPRISES | 145 |
15 THE NETMAN AGENTBASED ARCHITECTURE FOR EBUSINESS IN NETWORK ORGANIZATIONS | 157 |
16 A MOBILEAGENT BASED ARCHITECTURE FOR VIRTUAL ENTERPRISES | 167 |
PART 5 INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND COORDINATION | 175 |
17 SUPPORTING INFORMATION ACCESS RIGHTS AND VISIBILITY LEVELS IN VIRTUAL ENTERPRISES | 177 |
18 A VIRTUAL PROJECT HOUSE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR DISTRIBUTED DEVELOPMENT PROCESSESi | 193 |
19 THE HOLONIC PARADIGM AS A NEW METAPHOR FOR THE COORDINATION PROBLEM OF VIRTUAL ENTERPRISES | 203 |
20 PROTOCOLBASED COOPERATION IN A VIRTUAL MANUFACTURING ORGANIZATION | 211 |
PART 6 SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT | 219 |
21 AGENTBASED INFRASTRUCTURE OF SUPPLY CHAIN NETWORK MANAGEMENT | 220 |
22 A DISTRIBUTED FRAMEWORK FOR COLLABORATIVE SUPPLY NETWORK INTEGRATION | 233 |
23 NEW TOOLS FOR MULTISTAGE SUPPLY CHAINS | 245 |
24 SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT AND DISTRIBUTED MANUFACTURING IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY | 251 |
PART 7 INDUSTRY CLUSTERS AND BROKERAGE | 259 |
THE FORMATION OF A MANUFACTURING VIRTUAL INDUSTRY CLUSTER | 260 |
THE ROLE OF THE VIRTUAL ENTERPRISE BROKER | 269 |
27 AGENTBASED BROKERAGE FOR VIRTUAL ENTERPRISE CREATION IN THE MOULDS INDUSTRY | 281 |
34 PROCESS SUPPORT FOR VIRTUAL PROJECTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR | 351 |
PART 10 KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT | 359 |
INTEGRATED INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND ITS USE IN VIRTUAL ORGANISATIONS | 361 |
36 AN ITBASED FRAMEWORK FOR KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IN NETWORKED ORGANISATIONS | 371 |
37 SHOP FLOOR REENGINEERING TO SUPPORT AGILITY IN VIRTUAL ENTERPRISE ENVIRONMENTS | 381 |
38 A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR AGGREGATE MANAGEMENT OF VIRTUAL ENTERPRISES | 395 |
PART 11 SOCIOORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES | 403 |
ORGANIZATION RITES IN THE CONSOLIDATION OF TELEWORK | 404 |
40 VIRTUAL TEAMS AND THE ORGANISATIONAL GRAPEVINE | 413 |
ETHICS AS A COMPETITIVE FACTOR FOR THE INTERNET COMMERCE IN BRAZIL | 425 |
MANAGING THE KNOWLEDGE WITHIN VIRTUAL ENTERPRISES | 433 |
PART 12 SKILLS AND VALUE ASSESSMENT | 441 |
43 A METHODOLOGY TO EVALUATE ENTERPRISES TO BECOME MEMBERS OF VIRTUAL INDUSTRY CLUSTERS | 443 |
44 AN ASSESSMENT MODEL TO ANALYZE ORGANIZATIONAL READINESS TO IMPLEMENT TELEWORK ARRANGEMENTS | 455 |
45 A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO IPR DEFINITION IN COOPERATIVE PROJECTS | 465 |
PART 13 QUALITY MANAGEMENT | 477 |
AN OBJECTIVE TOOL FOR SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT AND CUSTOMER SATISFACTION | 478 |
47 AN INNOVATION COACHING APPROACH TO EFFICIENTLY INTRODUCE QMSYSTEMS IN SMEs | 487 |
48 USING KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT TO IMPROVE QUALITY | 495 |
PART 14 PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT | 505 |
49 A COMBINED KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT | 507 |
THE RAPID PROTOTYPING PORTUGUESE NATIONAL NETWORK | 515 |
51 IPDM SYSTEMS | 523 |
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AUTHOR INDEX | 531 |
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