Abstract Engineering information systems play an important role in the current era of digitization of manufacturing, which is also known as smart manufacturing. Traditionally, these engineering information systems spanned the lifecycle of a product by providing interoperability of software subsystems through a combination of open and proprietary exchange of data. But research and development efforts are underway to replace this paradigm with engineering information services that can be composed dynamically to meet changing needs in the operation of smart manufacturing systems. This paper describes the opportunities and challenges in architecting such engineering information services and composing them to enable smart manufacturing.

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On architecting and composing through-life engineering information services to enable smart manufacturing | NIST

While China is known for its immense manufacturing base, in recent years the Chinese government has assigned a high priority to science and technology services as its future growth sectors. The Chinese government is supporting this vision with the establishment of research and technology parks, favorable tax incentives, policy reform, grants to help Chinese firms achieve certifications, investments in infrastructure, and promotion of IT outsourcing (ITO) and business process outsourcing (BPO) services. Beyond the aspirations of its leaders, is China ready to compete in the global ITO and BPO markets? How can Western managers successfully engage Chinese ITO/BPO suppliers?

Outsourcing logistics: drivers and obstacles of outsourcing practices in China

Knowledge management.- Creative enterprise.- Quality management.- Design tools.- System engineering.- PLM.- Ontology.- Decision support system.- Collaboration maturity.- Business intelligence.- Enterprise 2.0.- Scheduling.- Optimization.- Production planning and control.- Assembly line balancing.- Decoupling points.- Inventory management.- Supply chain management.- Multiechelon supply chain.- Analytic hierarchy process.- Enterprise resource planning.- Decision support systems.- Problem solving.- Vehicle routing.- Physical internet.

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Advances in Production Management Systems: Innovative and Knowledge-Based Production Management in a Global-LocalWorld

Multistage stochastic programming approach for joint optimization of job scheduling and material ordering under endogenous uncertainties

Optimal production scheduling for smart manufacturers with application to food production planning

Within the ongoing fourth industrial revolution, smart manufacturing will plays critical role in national level for the growth of the national economy, but also firm level for the sustainable development of the manufacturing activities and the whole supply chain. This paper aims to explore the influences of smart manufacturing to supply chain management, and based on broad literature review this paper also develops several propositions for further explore insights of improving supply chain performance under the context of smart manufacturing.

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Smart manufacturing and supply chain management

This research aims to address supply chain collaboration with a perspective of broader three-dimensional relationship, not a linear two-dimensional relationship discussed broadly in previous research. Case study was adopted for this research, and data collection was mainly conducted via interview. The research results highlighted that supply chain collaborations are common practice across all levels of the pharmaceutical supply chain. The results also indicated that the different strengthen levels of barging power among collaborative partners will influence the achieved advantages at different supply chain levels, including strategic, operational and political levels.

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Wenxian Sun

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Smart manufacturing and supply chain management

Collaboration modes and advantages in supply chain