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      Analysis and design of virtual enterprises

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      Date
      2005-12-13
      Author
      Pego-Guerra, Marco Antonio
      Type
      Thesis
      Degree Level
      Doctoral
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      Abstract
      Virtual Enterprise (VE) is an organizational business concept. Its key ingredients are collaboration among a set of member companies and integration of their competencies, which are needed for developing a new product or service. This concept is in response to the ever-increasing demand on the manufacturing enterprise to react quickly to changes in the market conditions and become agile enterprises. This thesis presents a quantitative study on the life cycle of Virtual Enterprises. Specifically, it covers the design and management phases. These two phases are modeled using system engineering as a foundation. This has led to the development of two new methods for designing and managing Virtual Enterprises. The design method uses Axiomatic Design Theory and a methodology for complex large systems. The management method is based on the Robust Design principles.
      Degree
      Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
      Department
      Mechanical Engineering
      Program
      Mechanical Engineering
      Supervisor
      Zhang, W. J. (Chris)
      Committee
      Sumner, David; Oguocha, Ikechukwuka N.; Greer, J. E. (Jim); Burton, Richard T.
      Copyright Date
      December 2005
      URI
      http://hdl.handle.net/10388/etd-04272006-192850
      Subject
      survey
      design and manufacturing
      Axiomatic Design
      Analytical Hierarchy Process
      outsourcing
      Virtual Enterprises
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