Integrated Manufacturing Systems: Volume 13 Issue 5

E‐commerce in production: some experiences

Frank Dignum

This paper will report on a number of e‐commerce projects at production companies in The Netherlands. It has been shown that there is no unique model for the introduction of…

Applying digital manufacturing technology to ship production and the maritime environment

Hongtae Kim, Jong‐Kap Lee, Jin‐Hyoung Park, Beom‐Jin Park, Dong‐Sik Jang

This paper is mainly concerned with the digital manufacturing technologies in the context of the shipbuilding industry. New concepts such as digital shipbuilding, virtual…

ASP‐driven e‐service platform for Web‐based online manufacturing

Pingyu Jiang, Guanghui Zhou, Yong Liu

Extends the concept of e‐service to the whole phase of manufacturing. Develops an e‐service platform prototype based on this concept with Java Web solution including the mobile…

A survey and implementation framework for industrial‐oriented Web‐based applications

Qingjin Peng

Internet technology is changing the way of product development, ranging from information gathering, product managing and commerce to product development, and maintenance. In order…

Design agility and manufacturing responsiveness on the Web

J. Toussaint, K. Cheng

This paper is to investigate a Web‐based engineering approach to enable engineers to use, share, and simulate effectively and efficiently design and manufacturing data through the…

The Internet‐based virtual machining system using CORBA

Sang‐Hoon Kong, Jaehong Park, Young‐Geun Han, Gibom Kim, Kyo‐Il Lee

This paper presents an Internet‐based virtual machining system which applies virtual manufacturing technology to machining processes of CNC machining center. The system is…

Web‐based simulation portal for investigating impacts of sharing production information on supply chain dynamics from the perspective of inventory allocation

Jason S.K. Lau, George Q. Huang, K.L. Mak

Information sharing and coordination between buyer and vendor have been considered as useful strategies to improve supply chain performance. The debate is about what information…