Title :
Functional Integration of Manufacturing Enterprises
Author :
Sarder, MD B. ; Liles, Don H. ; Rogers, K.J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Ind. & Manuf. Syst. Eng., Texas Univ., Arlington, TX
Abstract :
Enterprise integration connects and combines people, processes, systems, and technologies to ensure that the right people and the right processes have the right information and the right resources at the right time. Many researchers have contributed towards the integration of manufacturing enterprises but still there is a need to develop a method to guide manufacturing enterprises towards integration. This research focuses to achieve the above objective of functional integration of manufacturing enterprises by developing a methodology, which enables manufacturing enterprises to be competitive in the present marketplace. An enterprise integration index (EII) has been established to represent the current status of a manufacturing enterprise. This index measures the effect of integration across all functions of manufacturing enterprise
Keywords :
manufacturing industries; organisational aspects; strategic planning; enterprise integration index; functional integration; manufacturing enterprises; marketplace; researchers; Documentation; Financial management; Information analysis; Manufacturing industries; Manufacturing processes; Personnel; Production; Resource management; Strategic planning; Systems engineering and theory;
Conference_Titel :
Technology Management for the Global Future, 2006. PICMET 2006
Conference_Location :
Istanbul
Print_ISBN :
1-890843-14-8
DOI :
10.1109/PICMET.2006.296820
