"This book is a reference source for the latest scholarly research on the modeling and application of automated business systems, featuring extensive coverage on a variety of topics relating to the design, implementation, and current developments of such system"--Provided by publisher.

The Management of Process Excellence (MPE) has become a main enabler of High Performance – delivering innovation and agility. It leads to a functioning Real-Time Enterprise. MPE links strategy with people and technology, like Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA) or Web 2.0. Knowledge assets,...

Information systems for manufacturing often follow a three-layer architecture based on an enterprise resource planning (ERP) layer (for order planning), a manufacturing execution system (MES) layer (for factory control), and a shop floor layer (for machine control). Future requirements on...