Research on Manufacturing Resources Collaboration Based on e-HUB Platform

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.