...Pamela J. Zelbst; Kenneth W. Green; Victor E. Sower; Philip L. Bond Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess the combined impact of radio frequency identification (RFID), Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and Blockchain technologies on supply chain transparency (SCT). Design...

... how VSP convergence can address barriers to expansion of different types of project manufacturing. Dr Stephen Fox can be contacted at: stephen.fox@vtt.fi © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Internet Engineer-to-order Advanced manufacturing technology Mass imagineering Project...

... to determine how practices, technologies, and challenges of the existing paradigm can be related to DIY opportunities. It is important to note, that it is scope of the new‐DIY activities that make the paradigm new – not the enabling use of the internet. This is because the use of the internet is very...

.... It is the first in the literature that demonstrates the application of multi‐criteria deductive approach in MPS using a software tool. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Materials management Software tools Internet Operations and production management Selection of materials...

... and as comfortably as possible to provide an optimum contribution to product development. This paper aims to improve the effectiveness of internet based communication. Design/methodology/approach Analysis of the current situation was carried out from different perspectives. First, an in‐depth state‐of‐the‐art...

...Ramesh Marasini; Kevin Ions; Munir Ahmad Purpose Internet technologies are increasingly being adopted by UK businesses to facilitate collaboration, trade, learn, manage company business processes and deliver services. Most manufacturing small to medium enterprises (SMEs), who are low investors...

... products via EMs. Thus, the following questions are proposed as the basis for the in‐depth interviews with leaders of HEMI when customers make purchases using EMs: © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Marketing strategy Internet Electronic commerce Free markets In the internet...

...Emilio Bartezzaghi; Stefano Ronchi Industrial relationships among companies within the supply chain and procurement processes are changing to cope with new threats and opportunities arising from Internet technologies. The adoption of Web‐based tools in the procurement process allows firms to either...

...Kenneth K. Boyer; G. Tomas Hult; Mark Frohlich This article examines ordering and delivery data from several home delivery grocers in both the USA and the UK. Contrary to popular perceptions, the demise of home delivery grocers (or Internet grocers as they were known during the artificial boom...

...Daizhong Su; Xiaoan Chen A framework of network support for utilization of integrated design over the Internet has been developed. The techniques presented are also applicable for intranet/extranet. The integrated design system was initially developed for local application in a single site...

...Daizhong Su; Shuyan Ji; Nariman Amin; J.B. Hull A Web‐based multi‐user system has been developed to remotely execute a large size software package via the Internet. The software implements a genetic algorithm to optimize the design of spur and helical gears. To accomplish this, a combination...

... manufacturing by integrating various information resources, artificial intelligence, and Web technology with expertise. This Web‐based distributed system will be globally accessible by the user on the Internet and can be automatically sized according to the demand of application requirements. The system...

... in Internet‐based technologies, the condition monitoring procedures are poised for a quantum jump in the way the machines can be maintaned continuously on‐line at remote locations or checked through the Web for any faults. A specific example of the design of an Applet towards this goal is described...

...Damien Power Draws on data collected from 553 Australian companies and focuses on differences in the adoption of established (e.g. EDI) and emerging (e.g. the Internet) technologies for the management of supply chains. Overall, the use and adoption of existing technologies can be characterised...

... planning Internet Business development Business‐to‐business marketing The globalisation of markets and manufacturing has forced the management of supply chains to not only consider business processes in the traditional value chain, but rather processes that penetrate networks of organisations...

... elements that would need to be co‐ordinated, and hence changed in some way, as an integral part of an organisation’s integration plans. Each attribute is examined below. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Integration Internet Supply‐chain management All organisations face the strategic challenge...

.... © MCB UP Limited 2002 Internet Supply chain Artificial intelligence In the context of today’s tremendous advances in information and networking technologies the World Wide Web (WWW) is enabling partnerships otherwise impossible in all areas of our life. The static...

...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 implemented to execute digital machining and verification...

... agents. As to new ASP software packages, they can be configured simply via the plug and play mode to the e‐service platform. In this way, the on‐line networked manufacturing can be tested. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Internet Computer‐integrated manufacturing Applications software...

... Internet Design Computer‐integrated manufacturing 1. 1 Problem recognition: Over the last few years, the Internet has been extensively used by companies to communicate with their customers, to advertise their products, and even to offer on‐line transactions. To compete effectively...