Self-assessment tool for Small Manufacturing Enterprise (SME)

Author

Jawahar, M. ; Kalpana, A.M.

Author_Institution

CSE, Gov. Coll. of Eng., Salem

fYear

2008

fDate

18-20 Dec. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

To assist the Small Manufacturing Enterprise (SME) in adopting Advanced Engineering Environments (AEEs), this report provides two self-assessment tools. The Self-Assessment Tool for Engineering Environments (SAT-EE) assists an SME in assessing the adequacy of the current computing support environment in handling technical tasks. The Self-Assessment Tool for Engineering Tool Capabilities (SAT-ETC) enables the SME to collect data on the needs of the company, and maps it to specific classes of AEE tools. An SME may migrate to higher AEE levels through an orderly sequence of steps. Migration success is enhanced by careful attention to AEE component selection and by application of a defined technology adoption process.

Keywords

CAD; production engineering computing; small-to-medium enterprises; advanced engineering environments; engineering tool capabilities; self-assessment tool; small manufacturing enterprise; Business; Companies; Context awareness; Data engineering; Design engineering; Educational institutions; Government; Manufacturing processes; Pulp manufacturing; Software tools;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computing, Communication and Networking, 2008. ICCCn 2008. International Conference on

Conference_Location

St. Thomas, VI

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3594-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3595-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCCNET.2008.4787759

Filename

4787759