Enterprise Networks and Logistics for Agile Manufacturing

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Wang, Lihui (Editor), Koh, S.C. Lenny (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2010.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Production management.; Engineering economics.; Engineering economy.; Manufacturing industries.; Machines.; Tools.; Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing.; Manufacturing, Machines, Tools.; Operations Management.

Enterprise Networks and Logistics for Agile Manufacturing presents a focused collection of quality chapters on state-of-the-art research efforts in the areas of enterprise networks and logistics, as well as their practical applications towards agile manufacturing. With the increasing decentralisatio...

Table of Contents:

• Overview of Enterprise Networks and Logistics for Agile Manufacturing
• A Review of Research and Practice for the Industrial Networks of the Future
• Agile Manufacturing in Complex Supply Networks
• Enterprise Network and Supply Chain Structure: the Role of Fit
• Enterprise Networks and Information and Communications Technology Standardisation
• Collaborative Demand Planning: Creating Value Through Demand Signals
• Value Creation and Supplier Selection: an Empirical Analysis
• Supplier Selection in Agile Manufacturing Using Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process
• A Sustainable Green Supply Chain for Globally Integrated Networks
• A Multi-agent Framework for Agile Outsourced Supply Chains
• Agent-based Simulation and Simulation-based Optimisation for Supply Chain Management
• Analysing Interactions among Battery Recycling Barriers in the Reverse Supply Chain
• Design of Reverse Supply Chains in Support of Agile Closed-loop Logistics Networks
• The Evolution of Logistics Service Providers and the Role of Internet-based Applications in Facilitating Global Operations
• A Heuristic for Heterogeneous Capacitated Pick-up and Delivery Logistics Problems with Time Windows in Agile Manufacturing and the Distribution Supply Chain
• Visualisation and Verification of Communication Protocols for Networked Distributed Systems
• Robustness and Capability Indices in the Optimisation of an Airline’s Fleet – Bridging Contradicting Outcomes.