Meta-organization and manufacturing Web 3.0 for ubiquitous virtual enterprise of manufacturing SMEs: a framework

Abstract Manufacturing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are drivers for economic and social development. Their importance and competitive challenges are increasing interest and attention on private and public sectors due to hyper-competition environment. In order to establish an environment that, not only, addresses hyper-competition but also sustainability, a Meta-Organization is proposed to support advanced manufacturing business models, namely, Virtual and Ubiquitous Enterprises. This Meta-Organization is organizational platform supported by information and communication technologies (ICT), such as Web 3.0. The paper introduces a framework to approach Ubiquitous Virtual Enterprises using Meta-Organization and Manufacturing Web 3.0, adopted by manufacturing SMEs. This paper is organized in six chapters. The chapter 1 presents the environment context that manufacturing SMEs faces and introduces the framework used in the paper. In chapter 2, a review addressing Meta-Organization in context of Ubiquitous Virtual Enterprises is presented. Chapter 3 covers the topic of Meta-Organizations members, specifically manufacturing SMEs. In chapter 4, to meet the technological platform Manufacturing Web 3.0 some Web 3.0 technologies are presented. Chapter 5 presents shortly the overall framework. Finally, chapter 6 draws conclusions.

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