Towards an architecture for virtual enterprises

Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 189-199

  Camarinha Matos, L M ^a   Afsarmanesh, H ^b   Garita, C ^b   Lima, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Information systems; Supply chain management; Virtual enterprise

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; COSTS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DATA REDUCTION; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; VIRTUAL ENTERPRISE; BUSINESS PROCESSES; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL ENTERPRISES;

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; REENGINEERING;

EID: 0032049918     PISSN: 09565515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008880215595     Document Type: Article

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