Title :
The virtual enterprise framework and toolbox
Author :
Center, John W. ; Thompsen, Joyce A.
Author_Institution :
Center Associates, St. Paul, MN, USA
Abstract :
Optimizing the performance of a virtual enterprise requires the creation and application of a unique framework and set of tools that serve the confluence of both technological and social aspects of the new business imperative. The authors present a composite of complex challenges to the virtual enterprise, a range of alternatives that respond to those challenges, and deeper exploration of a leading edge framework and its attributes. Also, a toolbox approach is used to describe the practical application of the proposed framework
Keywords :
business data processing; office automation; social aspects of automation; strategic planning; business imperative; leading edge framework; performance optimisation; social aspects; technological aspects; virtual enterprise framework; virtual enterprise toolbox; Acceleration; Communications technology; Embedded computing; Humans; Industrial relations; Manufacturing industries; Physics computing; Production; Technology social factors; Virtual enterprises;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering and Technology Management, 1996. IEMC 96. Proceedings., International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3552-X
DOI :
10.1109/IEMC.1996.547799
