Research on Manufacturing Resources Collaboration Based on e-HUB Platform

Author

Yuan, Qingni ; Xie, Qingsheng ; Li, Shaobo

Author_Institution

Southwest Jiaotong Univ., Chengdu

fYear

2007

fDate

18-21 Aug. 2007

Firstpage

2566

Lastpage

2569

Abstract

Small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) are considered as the backbone of the manufacturing industry in China, and a breeding ground for business ideas for the knowledge-based economy. Flexible integration of resources and engineering collaboration of self-governed SMEs is expected to facilitate the strengthening of the competitive position of SMEs. This paper presents the "e-engineering enabled by homonymic and universal broker services"(e-HUB) approach to distributed collaborative project planning and illustrates the key concepts and technology ,and describing the functional requirements and software architectural design of e-HUB. Finally, this paper gives the case of system design of manufacturing consortium.

Keywords

design; distributed processing; groupware; manufacturing industries; planning; project management; small-to-medium enterprises; software architecture; China; business ideas; distributed collaborative project planning; e-HUB platform; functional requirements; knowledge-based economy; manufacturing consortium; manufacturing industry; manufacturing resources collaboration; small and medium size enterprises; software architectural design; system design; universal broker services; Chromium; Collaborative software; International collaboration; Logistics; Manufacturing automation; Mechanical engineering; Project management; Pulp manufacturing; Spine; Supply chains; SMEs; e-HUB; project service provider (PSP); system design;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Automation and Logistics, 2007 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Jinan

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1531-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICAL.2007.4339012

Filename

4339012