- Section 2.5: e-Business for
Manufacturing
Information Management for Networked
Product Support
M. Ollus
Seamless Production Planning and Communication
in Distributed Manufacturing: Case ABB Switchgear Production
J.-M. Nurmilaakso, J. Kettunen, J.-M. Lehtonen, J. Saranen, I.
Seilonen
Existing eBusiness Technology for Manufacturing
Companies -What Kind of Process-Supporting Sales Management Methods
and Tools are Suitable for Manufacturing Companies?
R. Bürscher, H. Huemer
Managing the Virtual Factory: Web-Based
Configuration, Scheduling and Monitoring
Christian de Sainte Marie
e-CANNED: Electronic Commerce in the
Cannery Industry
A. Sanz Pulido
Information
Management for Networked Product Support
Martin OLLUS
VTT Automation, P.O.Box 1301, 02044 VTT Finland
The operation and use of complex
products is a challenging task, where the operators and other
users, like maintenance personnel, have to simultaneously understand
several interacting features. To successfully perform their tasks
they are required to have a good knowledge about these interactions
and about causes and consequences of operational interventions.
A methodology for networked product support is presented in this
paper. The research approach is constructive research. Based
on the commonality in separate cases a research construct is
developed and evaluated. It contains a model of the operations
support process. The results of the study provide a basis for
development of ICT systems for management of product related
information. This information can be used for networked product
support activities, such as diagnostics, maintenance, operator
training, and operator assistance in on-line situations.
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Seamless
Production Planning and Communication in Distributed Manufacturing:
Case ABB Switchgear Production
Juha-Miikka NURMILAAKSO(1),
Jari KETTUNEN(1)', Juha-Matti LEHTONEN(2), Juha
SARANEN(1), Ilkka SEILONEN(1)
(1) VTT Automation, PO Box 1301, FIN-02044 VTT, Finland
(2) Delfoi Oy, Tietajantie 14, FIN-02044 Espoo, Finland
This paper describes three
integrated prototype applications for supporting seamless production
planning, scheduling, and communication in ABB's subcontracting
network for switchgear production. The approach was developed
and the applications were implemented in the IMS-GNOSIS project
(ESPRIT 28448). A model of co-operation in a Virtual Enterprise
was used as a starting point. The purpose of the prototypes was
to study the properties of the applications from both the development
and usage viewpoints. The approach was tested and evaluated in
co-operation with ABB Control and InCap Electronics. These applications
were evaluated to outline how they could facilitate co-operation
in a Virtual Enterprise.
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Existing
eBusiness Technology for Manufacturing Companies -What Kind of
Process-Supporting Sales Management Methods and Tools are Suitable
for Manufacturing Companies?
Ronald Burscher and
Harald Huemer
Profactor Produktionsforschungs GmbH, Wehrgrabengasse l-5, A-4400
Steyr, Austria
The focus of this paper is
directed towards the Business to Business as well as Business
to Consumer sales management processes of production enterprises,
and examines which methods and tools can be used to provide support
in the area of eBusiness. The definition of eBusiness for these
paper is as defined by IBM "the full range of business interaction
between enterprises is conducted over the Internet and other
electronic media". Sales management covers functions from
planning through to after sales. There are suitable tools of
support for every different function and process. An exact analysis
of every tool would go beyond the framework of this paper. Therefore
the focus of this paper is on application types within manufacturing
companies of complex, version-rich products of the process from
the customer inquiry up to the placing of an order. Pre and following
processes are only schematically represented and are not more
closely examined.
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Managing
the Virtual Factory: Web-Based Configuration, Scheduling and
Monitoring
Christian de Sainte
Marie
ILOG, 9 rue de Verdun, 94253 Gentilly, France
In this paper, we describe
our vision of the Virtual Factory: a virtual combination of factories
that are connected as a virtual manufacturing process that can
be designed and operated as a single entity. The idea of the
Virtual Factory is to combine high reactivity and maximal efficiency
through the optimal use of distributed manufacturing resources.
The resources are assigned to a particular order on efficiency
and availability consideration alone, without prejudice of their
geographical or organisational location. We focus on the Virtual
Factory production management system. Our approach preserves
completely the autonomy of the independent participants in a
virtual factory. We describe the required functionality, how
it works, and the technical approach to implementation. We highlight
the design and implementation of the planning and monitoring
functionality. We conclude with a report on the current status
of development, lessons learned and on future technological and
business prospects.
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e-CANNED:
Electronic Commerce in the Cannery Industry
Antonio Sanz Pulido
Sema Group sac, Madrid, Albarracin 25 - 28037, Spain
The e-CANNED project starts
as an accompanying measure within the IST programme of the EC's
5'h Framework Programme, under the initiative of the Galician
Regional Government. The aim of the project is to introduce into
two peripheral European regions (Galicia and Brittany), both
characterised by the predominance of a traditional industry (fish
canneries), new ICT technologies. The project aims at introducing
an already proven technology for web-based electronic buys and
sells, through its adaptation to five user companies' specific
requirements. Another objective is setting by this pilot a best
practice exportable to the rest of the sector's companies and
to other traditional industries, as an example of how to change
the traditional business processes to enter the New Economy.
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