Dispersed Manufacturing Networks Challenges for Research and Practice /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Dekkers, Rob (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2009.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Production management.; Engineering economics.; Engineering economy.; Manufacturing industries.; Machines.; Tools.; Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing.; Operations Management.; Manufacturing, Machines, Tools.

Customers in geographically dispersed, emerging and established global markets nowadays demand higher quality products in a greater variety, at lower cost, and in a shorter time. As a result, organizations have moved from centralized, vertically integrated, single-site manufacturing facilities to ge...