Internet-based collaborative tools for small and medium enterprises
Organizations that aim to achieve the agile manufacturing status must not only rely on the advancement of the production facilities, but also must strive to build the “soft technologies and tools” such as the applications of manufacturing information system, collaboration strategies, and Internet te...
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| Summary: | Organizations that aim to achieve the agile
manufacturing status must not only rely on the
advancement of the production facilities, but also must
strive to build the “soft technologies and tools” such as the
applications of manufacturing information system,
collaboration strategies, and Internet technology in order
to improve productivity as well as creating fast response
system to meet the customers demand. This paper reviews
some of the Internet-based collaborative tools and
products aimed at improving the SMEs competitiveness. It
also presented a collaborative effort between three
distributed business partners involving in designing and
manufacturing of a product model utilizing the
collaborative tool of Microsoft NetMeeting. This
technology is readily available and SMEs are urged to use
it to improve their competitiveness. |
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