Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction to e-manufacturing systems
  • 2 History of business automation
  • 3 System hierarchies and components
  • 4 Business process design models and concepts used in operations systems
  • 5 Business process and system modeling tools and packages
  • 6 Enterprise planning and supply-chain interaction
  • 7 Product and plant knowledge management
  • 8 Production capability management
  • 9 Production scheduling, management and control
  • 10 Production data collection and performance analysis
  • 11 Project motivation and benefit quantification
  • 12 System integration models and concepts
  • 13 Product and vendor evaluation methodology
  • 14 Software project management
  • 15 Change management
  • 16 Conclusion.