Handbook of life cycle engineering : concepts, models, and technologies

About the Editor. Preface. Contributions. Acknowledgements. Part I: New Paradigms for the Manufacturing Enterprise. 1. The Extended Enterprise J. Browne, I. Hunt, Jiangang Zhang. 2. Agile Manufacturing H.T. Goranson. 3. The Virtual Enterprise B. Katzy, G. Schuh. 4. The Fractal Factory W. Sihn, M. Huser, R. Kristof. 5. Holonic Systems R. Bell, S. Rahimifard, K. Toh. Part II: Enterprise Life Cycle. 6. The Life Cycle of an Enterprise T.J. Williams, Hon gLi, P. Bernus, G. Uppington, L. Nemes. 7. CIMOSA - Life Cycle Based Enterprise K. Kosanke, F. Vernadat. 8. GIM, Grai Integrated Methodology G. Doumeingts. 9. The Purdue Enterprise Reference Architecture and Methodology (PERA) Th.J. Williams. 10. ARIS - House of Business Engineering A.-W. Scheer. 11. Integrated Enterprise Modeling: Reference Architecture and Methodology K. Mertins, R. Jochem. Part III: Product Life Cycle. 12. The Concept of Product Design Life Cycle J.M. Sanchez. 13. Evolving Issues in Product Life Cycle Design: Design for Sustainability V.A. Tipnis. 14. The Engineering Design Process Design for the Environment and Design for Sustainability W.E. Wells. 15. Design for Producibility: A Key Concept in Product Life-Cycle Engineering J.W. Priest. 16. Modularity: a Key Concept in Product Life-Cycle Engineering K. Ishii. Part IV: Technologies for Life Cycle Engineering. 17. Life Cycle Supporting Tools and Technologies L.M. Camarinha-Matos, H. Afsarmanesh. 18. Groupware and CSCW A. Woodcock, S. Scrivener. 19. Workbenches and Reference Models for Enterprise Engineering R. Weston. Keyword Index.