Potential of virtual-social-physical convergence for project manufacturing

Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1209-1223

  Fox, Stephen ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Advanced manufacturing technology; Bespoke; Do it with others (DIWO); Do it yourself (DIY); Engineer to order; Internet; Mass imagineering; Project manufacturing; Virtual social physical convergence

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIGITAL DEVICES; INTERNET; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES; BESPOKE; DO IT YOURSELF; DO-IT-WITH-OTHERS (DIWO); ENGINEER TO ORDERS; IMAGINEERING; PROJECT MANUFACTURING; VIRTUAL-SOCIAL-PHYSICAL CONVERGENCE;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 84912115514     PISSN: 1741038X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JMTM-01-2013-0008     Document Type: Article

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