E-Manufacturing: Business Paradigms and Supporting Technologies : 18th International Conference on CAD/CAM Robotics and Factories of the Future (CARs&FOF) July 2002, Porto, Portugal

Content -- Perspective on Concurrent Engineering in Product and Process Design -- E-Manufacturing: The Tools We Need to Deal with Relationships and Networks -- e-Manufacturing in Europe: Enterprise Networking -- Knowledge, Innovation and Investment -- Joint Ventures for Innovation & Competitiveness -- Planning, Design and Management of Shared Information within Globally Distributed Manufacturing Networks -- Customer Relationship Management and Smart Organization -- The FIR E-Business Engineering Integration Model -- Microplano — A Scheduling Support System for the Plastic Injection Industry -- Quality Certification in the Virtual Enterprise -- Making Effective the Introduction of E-Business in SME: A Reference Model Approach -- Robot Calibration Using Genetic Programming -- Robust Control of an Adaptive Optics System Using H? Method -- Small Linear Actuator for Small Robots -- A New Electromagnetic Actuation System on an Industrial Sewing Machine with On-Line Efficiency Monitoring -- Understanding Data in Industrial Environments -- A Framework for Understanding Cellular Manufacturing Systems -- Sales Prediction With Marketing Data Integration for Supply Chains -- Utilizing Neural Network for Mechatronics, On-line Inspection and Process Control -- Selection Criteria for Make or Buy Decision Process in Enterprises -- Description of the Competence Cell Process Planning -- An Innovative ICT Platform for Dynamic Virtual Enterprises -- Managing Vendor Supplied Models of Production Facilities -- Essential Services for P2P e-Marketplaces -- Proposition of a Repository for Enterprise Modeling: (EMC) Enterprise Modeling Components -- Geographical Information Platform for Distributed Data Acquisition Systems -- Developing Graixpert: A Software Tool to Analyse and Design Production Systems -- Manufacturing in the 21st Century -- Keyword index.