Development of a Web‐based enterprise collaborative platform for networked enterprises

Abstract

As the manufacturing market is becoming more global and borderless with respect to national borders, a number of global manufacturing networks have been established, taking the advantage of fast‐growing networking and information technologies. Networked enterprises consist of a number of firms that are geographically dispersed and do not belong to the same head company, a system with central management capability, possessing the ability of central task decomposition/allocation, co‐ordination and monitoring. To ensure appropriate manufacturing operations are assigned to the appropriate firms, to the best interest of the “virtual” consortium, there is a need for the development of a collaborative platform which is capable of facilitating the efficient performance of resources and task allocations. In this paper, the development of a Web‐based enterprise collaborative platform is presented. The applications of the platform on business process management for networked enterprises are also discussed.

Citation

Lee, W.B., Cheung, C.F., Lau, H.C.W. and Choy, K.L. (2003), "Development of a Web‐based enterprise collaborative platform for networked enterprises", Business Process Management Journal, Vol. 9 No. 1, pp. 46-59. https://doi.org/10.1108/14637150310461396