Collaborative workflow technology for design and manufacturing coordination: An overview

Proceedings of the ASME International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference 2007, MSEC2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 447-454

  Hao, Qi ^a   Shen, Weiming ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collaborative workflow; Design and manufacturing coordination; Software agents; Web services

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE WORKFLOW TECHNOLOGY; MANUFACTURING COMPANIES; MANUFACTURING DEPARTMENTS;

DECISION MAKING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCT DESIGN; SOFTWARE AGENTS; WEB SERVICES;

ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 37349038243     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/MSEC2007-31179     Document Type: Conference Paper

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