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Networked production in rapid and dynamic interfirm co-operations gained a lot of attention in recent years. This organisational model seems to be suitable especially for SMEs to produce highly individualised goods in mutable markets. Within this environment the optimisation of the interfirm value chain becomes a main task to ensure the companies’ success in short term co-operations. This paper describes the concept of competence networks as a basis for co-operations within the production sector as well as a methodology to configure the optimised virtual value chain for a specific situation. An approach to prepare companies to the requirements of competence networks is discussed and results from two research projects conducted under the scientific guidance of the institute for machine tools and industrial management (iwb) are presented.
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Schliffenbacher, K., Rudorfer, W., Reinhart, G. (1999). Configuration of virtual value chains. In: Mertins, K., Krause, O., Schallock, B. (eds) Global Production Management. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing, vol 24. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35569-6_49
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