DocumentCode
3771313
Title
Supporting distribution networks of industrial small and medium sized enterprises
Author
Wido Wirsam;Wolfgang Prinz
Author_Institution
Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology, Germany
fYear
2005
fDate
6/1/2005 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
8
Abstract
This paper proposes a unified procedure for supporting industrial small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) with a technical solution facilitating the coordination of their distribution networks. The recommended solution emphasises the specific needs of SMEs which are: high flexibility to integrate with office- and enterprise applications, low costs of acquisition and maintenance, high level of security, flexible access methods, personalisation as well as ease of use. We introduce one of seven reference implementations that are installed in three different European countries to give an insight into the practical realisation of the concepts that we propose. The experience of the current solution is reported including common pitfalls and the way to overcome them in the continuing development work.
Keywords
"Standards","Welding"
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Technology Management Conference (ICE), 2005 IEEE International
Print_ISBN
978-0-85358-221-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ITMC.2005.7461280
Filename
7461280
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