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Virtually formed manufacturing enterprises

Ramazan Yaman (Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Balikesir University, Balikesir, Turkey)
Soha Eid Moussa (Operations and Decision Sciences, School of Business and Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada)

Assembly Automation

ISSN: 0144-5154

Article publication date: 1 October 2006

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Abstract

Purpose

To share the authors' view for an enterprise formation, and a product assembly using communication and information technology in economic manner.

Design/methodology/approach

Comparison of the proposed system with a conventional systems. The study explains the approach with a case study.

Findings

Shows the approach abilities and the minimization cost of the product.

Practical implications

This approach shows communication and information technology effects on the manufacturing and assembly.

Originality/value

The paper has a new look on the enterprise formation, assembly, and manufacturing.

Keywords

Citation

Yaman, R. and Eid Moussa, S. (2006), "Virtually formed manufacturing enterprises", Assembly Automation, Vol. 26 No. 4, pp. 287-298. https://doi.org/10.1108/01445150610705209

Publisher

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Copyright © 2006, Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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