Title :
A Web portal for distributed concurrent engineering
Author_Institution :
Electr. Syst. Technol. Inst., Asea Brown Boveri, Raleigh, NC, USA
Abstract :
The paper explains the importance of distributed manufacturing networks (DMNs) as a strategy used by manufacturing companies such as Asea Brown Boveri to gain competitive advantage. An important aspect of DMNs is the development of effective tools that allow geographically dispersed teams to design and manufacture products. The importance of distributed concurrent engineering (DCE) is explained. Manufacturability is presented as a salient aspect of a DCE approach. The architecture of a Web-portal-based distributed concurrent engineering system that analyzes the manufacturability of a product is presented
Keywords :
concurrent engineering; design for manufacture; groupware; information resources; production engineering computing; Asea Brown Boveri; Web-portal-based distributed concurrent engineering system; competitive advantage; distributed manufacturing networks; geographically dispersed teams; manufacturability; manufacturing companies; product design; product manufacture; Companies; Concurrent engineering; Information technology; Instruments; Manufacturing automation; Portals; Product design; Production; Pulp manufacturing; Robotics and automation;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 2000 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nashville, TN
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6583-6
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.2000.886360
