2011 17th International Conference on Concurrent Enterprising

Since markets are becoming more complex and demanding, manufacturing enterprises are expected to organize along agile business networks in the next years. However, this complex environment often leads to problems with respect to delivery reliability as well as to increased operating expenses for monitoring and controlling suppliers. Based on the design science research paradigm, this paper illustr... View full abstract»

As software development becomes more collaborative, business and technical processes of software engineering and their management need to accommodate and support collaboration. In this paper we briefly survey key concerns, known challenges, and potential alternative solutions. We draw on lessons learned from software process models, organizational behaviour and knowledge management and their relev... View full abstract»

Within this paper the authors introduce the alteration from product oriented market offers towards a solution for customer demands oriented economy. The change in customer demands is answered by the concept of Extended Products (EP). EP are integrated offers of a physical product extended by services during the whole life cycle to provide customer oriented solutions. This new view of offering requ... View full abstract»

As the amount of information which becomes available to users grows, finding condensed sets of useful information becomes more difficult. The manual evaluation and discovery for content valuable to individual users needs thus grows in conjunction with the size of the dataset. Ideally, providing as condensed set of accurate information as possible results in a significant increase in user productiv... View full abstract»

The EU FP7 co-funded project TIPSS (Tools for Innovative Product-Service-Systems for Global Tool and Die Networks) aims at developing Industrial Product-Service-Systems (IPS2) that enable toolmakers to integrate themselves into the value adding chain of their customers by offering tool-related services. This allows for additional income for the toolmaker along the tools life cycle while... View full abstract»

Knowledge has become one of the important resources for competitiveness and growth world-wide. Innovative and knowledge-based organizations are characterized by better productivity and sustainability in the fast changing business environment nowadays. Technologies are providing many opportunities to support creativity, collaboration and knowledge transfer. However, human factors remain the most es... View full abstract»

In an interconnected world, the need to exchange information across domain's boundaries is increasingly common, the concern is rapidly moving towards defining the content that needs to be consumed by numerous and different actors using different platforms and/or software solutions, since the internal processes have been consolidated and optimized. The transport logistics sector is no exception, th... View full abstract»

The paper discusses different types of Living Labs from a business network perspective. Firstly, we describe both theoretically and empirically how Living Labs can be explained as business networks. Secondly, we discuss four different types of Living Labs networks, namely utilizer-driven, enabler-driven, provider-driven, as well as user and user community-driven Living Labs. Moreover, we analyzed ... View full abstract»

This paper provides an approach to use a continuous track and trace system based on GPS (Global Positioning System) technology in production networks. Therefore the ild institute for logistics and service management (FOM Essen, Germany) operates a new GPS based track and trace system with the name GPS. LAB. The results of the first trials with the existing system in the context of production plann... View full abstract»

Within the continuous change towards more collaborative production, aspects of interdependencies between collaborating production partners gain in importance. Collaborating production partners organise their work in Enterprise Networks. To our understanding interdependencies in collaborative Enterprise Networks appear on organisational and technical level. In single production companies such inter... View full abstract»

Over the last decades, an increased appreciation of external contributors within the product development process can be noticed as a significant development within innovation management. This open form of innovation is summarised under the concept of Open Innovation. Yet, it is difficult to apply it to small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) as they struggle to implement these Open Innovation met... View full abstract»

Since the beginning of enterprise information technology, data management has been a highly relevant topic. It is well known that shortcomings in the data-foundation lead to loss in IT- and process-performance. However, determining the exact impact of data management initiatives is still not possible. One reason for this circumstance is the lack of integrated models describing the whole chain, fro... View full abstract»

In a multi-plant collaborative manufacturing system, the disassembly operations for decomposing a product can be distributed at different plants at various locations. In this research a multi-plant disassembly sequence planning model is presented to integrate disassembly sequence planning and plant assignment. First, the components are formed as sub-disassembly modules using a case-based reasoning... View full abstract»

Offering industrial services with the help of networks is becoming more and more important in a globalized world. Especially in highly dynamic markets like renewable energies establishing service networks is the key to success and high service quality. However, as of today there is a lack of methodical support about how to develop alternative cooperation concepts and how to evaluate their effects ... View full abstract»

The benefits of Lean Thinking have been applied and proven in manufacturing. However the potential of its application in New Product Development (NPD) has not been fully attained. Due to their iterative and evolving functions, NPD processes are generally unstructured and complex compared to other business processes. Within the scope of the LeanPPD European research project (partially funded by the... View full abstract»

In fields of e-contracting, a lot of research work has been done since 1995. However until today comprehensive e-sourcing concepts for resource capacity search in inter-organizational collaboration networks are not available. This paper introduces such a concept in terms of inter-organizational collaboration in the graphic arts industry. The focus is on provider selection and ranking as well as on... View full abstract»

The German machinery and equipment industry is set in a dynamic market with challenging requirements. Short delivery times and high delivery reliability are key factors for purchase decisions. Therefore it is crucial for succeeding in the market to meet these requirements with efficient business processes and high developed skills for a quick reaction on changes (ability to coordinate). For this r... View full abstract»

Collective endeavours, operating in an environment of efficient collaboration and informed decision making in a value network, bear the only effective way to meet the challenges and threats we face in this modern, interconnected world. Enhanced inter-agency and inter-company communication and collaboration has been defined as the capability to deliver information superiority when required to enabl... View full abstract»

This paper aims to contribute to the discussion about the co-creation of Intelligent Products in the emerging paradigm of the "Internet of Things". The direct involvement of human actors such as designers, manufacturers, end-users, and recycling operators into the design process of Intelligent Products is a powerful means to ensure a high degree of the fulfilment of requirements towards functional... View full abstract»

Interoperability in Supply Networks in the Automotive Industry gained in particular in the last years substantially significance, since both the depth of the Supply Chains and their complexity increased dramatically and therefore a supplier-spanning viewpoint became necessary. In this paper a new collaborative architecture paradigm will be presented with a practical structure of an elastic cloud i... View full abstract»

In corporate environments, there is a growing interest in deploying serious games to support training and more specifically competence development. The goal is the acquisition of soft-skills (e.g. negotiation, leadership, and identification of weak signals) and complex competences which are needed in emerging fields such as Sustainable Global Manufacturing. Sustainability combines environmental, e... View full abstract»

This paper focuses on the efficient allocation of TAS resources from a machine manufacturer perspective, in order to give service to a large number of customers geographically dispersed using Discrete Event Simulation (DES). The developed model suggests the most efficient solution in terms of number of technicians and TAS location in order to maximize the availability of the machinery network and ... View full abstract»