Enterprise Collaboration: On-Demand Information Exchange for Extended Enterprises by David M. Levermore (Author), Cheng Hsu (Author)
Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (August 9, 2006) | ISBN-10: 0387345663 | PDF | 8 Mb | 176 pages
Collaboration is a "watch word" and a recognized outcome of the increasing integration in business and industry. The Industrial Revolution brought us "standardization" and as it continues to evolve, "standardization" has widened into the concept of "rationalization." In recent times, "flexibility" has been added to the evolving nature of industry, which includes such developments as flexible manufacturing, CIM, concurrent engineering, supply chain management, etc.