Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management: Volume 18 Issue 1

A hierarchical model for e‐supply chain coordination and optimisation

Xiao Feng Yin, Li Pheng Khoo

The integration of e‐business and supply chain enables seamless information flow from suppliers to customer service network via the internet. It also enables better‐coordinated…

Whiteboard‐based interface for collaboration in e‐manufacturing environment

Teruaki Ito

The purpose of this study is to develop an environment where participants share a virtual workspace, which allows the participants to collaborate on a physical model as well as a…

Development of an online quality information system for e‐manufacturing

Roger Jianxin Jiao, Shaligram Pokharel, Arun Kumar, Lianfeng Zhang

In an e‐manufacturing environment, the acquisition of real time quality data and information is paramount for distributed collaborative manufacturers to make quick and correct…

EJB‐MVC oriented supplier selection system for mass customization

Jiachen Hou, Daizhong Su

The purpose of this research is to develop a distributed system with an innovative supplier selection approach within a mass customization (MC) environment. The aim is to help…

“Do It Yourself (DIY) portalets” for developing e‐business solutions for small and medium enterprises

George Q. Huang, J.B. Zhao, X. Chen

To propose and develop a cost‐effective approach to developing and implementing customized electronic business solutions in a do‐it‐yourself (DIY) fashion.

Service in e‐design: A web “top‐down” design tool for creating silicon micro‐components

Pingyu Jiang, Xiangtong Yan, Yang Liu

The purpose of this research is to develop a kind of new service‐driven MEMS “top‐down” design method and implement the correspondent web‐based software prototype as verification.

e-Manufacturing towards global engineering

Pingyu Jiang, Shuichi Fukuda

Emerald at 40

Rebecca Marsh