Human factors of it-based solutions for worldwide manufacturing web
✍ Scribed by Halimahtun M. Khalid
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 233 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1090-8471
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✦ Synopsis
Malaysia's Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) is a regional technology hub and a launch site for companies developing or using multimedia technologies to enhance their Asian presence. MSC makes it possible to provide value-added products and services to customers in various so-called flagship applications, including Worldwide Manufacturing Web (WMW). The latter can be conceived of as a multisite agile manufacturing where companies-both real and virtual-contribute to the various activities in the life cycle of product development and manufacturing through distributed functions. Several manufacturing functions-including design integration and testing, production planning and control, engineering support, marketing, and sales-may be performed within the MSC by various companies, domestic as well as international. This article, based on a keynote address at HAAMAHA '98, describes some of the features of WMW in accordance with agile, distributed, and virtual manufacturing paradigms. It also addresses human factors issues in implementing IT-based solutions in the WMW, with reference to existing models.