Globalization of Manufacturing in the Digital Communications Era of the 21st Century

1. Sharing Experiences from Telecommunication use in Industry for Agility and Innovation

   1. Integration of emerging technologies and tools into existing product development

      1. Delegating Management Tasks through Negotiation and Contracting in the Open Service Market

         • Fernando Luís Dotti

         Pages 245-256

2. Human and Machine Communication, Modelling, Standard Representations, Reuse

   1. Data sharing standards and quality engineering

      1. Product data exchange using STEP

         • C. Demartini, S. Rivoira, A. Valenzano

         Pages 257-269

   2. Knowledge management for product design

      1. A Knowledge Level Theory of Design and Engineering

         • Rüdiger Klein

         Pages 271-286

      2. Design Knowledge Collection by Modeling

         • M. Yoshioka, T. Sekiya, T. Tomiyama

         Pages 287-298

      3. Domain Centered Design Support

         • Fatma Mili, Krish Narayanan

         Pages 299-311

      4. Information interactions in data model driven design for manufacture

         • R. I. M. Young, O. Canciglieri-Jnr, C. A. Costa

         Pages 313-324

   3. Formal design theories and methodologies in manufacturing

      1. Issues and solutions in feature-based modelling: re-designing the shape kernel of CAD systems

         • A. Gomes, A. Middleditch, C. Reade

         Pages 325-335

      2. A study on object-oriented model repository for manufacturing system modeling

         • Yoshitaka Tanimizu, Nobuhiro Sugimura, Kazuaki Iwata

         Pages 337-350

      3. Feature-based Product Modelling in Concurrent Engineering

         • T. De Martino, F. Giannini

         Pages 351-362

   4. Modelling and organising knowledge for manufacturing

      1. A Manufacturing Planning and Execution Software Integration Architecture

         • S. C. Feng, Y. Zhang

         Pages 363-373

      2. The meaning of manufacturing know-how

         • V. V. Kryssanov, V. A. Abramov, Y. Fukuda, K. Konishi

         Pages 375-387

   5. Modelling production and organisation

      1. Resource capability modelling for responsive process planning in extended manufacturing facilities

         • S. M. Ratchev

         Pages 389-400

      2. From telework project planning to project co-ordination, an integrated approach

         • José Augusto Pinho Silva, João José Pinto Ferreira

         Pages 401-412

   6. Virtual environments for manufacturing, design and training

      1. Cyberbikes — Interactive Visualization of Manufacturing Processes in a Virtual Environment

         • J. Gausemeier, O. von Bohuszewicz, P. Ebbesmeyer, M. Grafe

         Pages 413-424

      2. Modular building of formative systems for machine tools structures

         • G. Todorov, C. Peychev, N. Todorov

         Pages 425-437

   7. Collaborative product development and design

      1. A Framework for Round the Clock Design and Support

         • J. P. T. Mo, L. Cirocoo, M. Kovacek

         Pages 439-450

      2. Methodologies and Tools for Co-operative Interaction in the Design Process

         • P. Bottoni, M. F. Costabile, F. Mandorli, P. Mussio, F. Paternò, R. Pizzicannella et al.

         Pages 451-462

      3. Methods to Support Co-operative Product Development

         • R. Anderl, J. Bumiller, M. Krastel, K. Schiemenz, M. Stupperich

         Pages 463-474

      4. Development of New Collaborative Design and Engineering Environment

         • A. Ohtaka, S. Sasao

         Pages 475-486

3. Telecommunication and Agility Impact on Software Technology for Discrete Manufacturing

   1. Virtual Prototyping issues in distributed manufacturing

      1. Virtual Engineering in investment goods industry — Potentials and application concepts

         • Uwe Jasnoch, Ralf Dohms, Franz-Bernd Schenke

         Pages 487-498

The International PROLAMAT Conference is an internationally well known event for demonstrating and evaluating activities and progress in the field of discrete manufacturing. Sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP), the PROLAMAT is traditionally held every three years and it includes the whole area of advanced software technology for Design and Manufacturing in Discrete Manufacturing. Past editions of the International PROLAMA T Conference have explored: -Manufacturing Technology, -Advances in CAD/CAM, -Software for Discrete Manufacturing, -Software for Manufacturing. The Eight International PROLAMAT held in 1992 (Tokyo), focused on the theme of Man in CIM. The 1995 PROLAMAT (Berlin), featured the theme of Life Cycle Modelling for Innovative Products and Processes. This past emphasis on human aspects and innovation provides a strong foundation for the next PROLAMAT. Under the title: The globalization of manufacturing in the digital communications eraof the 21th century: innovation, agility and the virtual enterprise, the 1998 conference expands the PROLAMAT scope to include teams and virtual enterprises which come together across space and time to develop new products and bring them to global markets. Manufacturing issues and information models have long been part of concurrent engineering; they are increasingly important in new product innovation and in the development of manufacturing plans and processes which span multiple companies along with multiple time zones.

• globalization
• integration
• knowledge management
• modeling
• organization
• production
• software engineering

• University of Trento, Italy

  Gianni Jacucci

• Chrysler Corporation, USA

  Gustav J. Olling

• Ben Gurion University of Negev, Israel

  Kenneth Preiss

• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA

  Michael J. Wozny

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