The work reported here reflects on the importance of agility in the supply chain of a
traditional manufacturing industry. The call for agility for the purpose of enhancing …

This paper discuses the virtual enterprise (VE) as an intercompany collaborative tool for
knowledge management. This concept, based on the internet and state-of-the-art …

A recent trend in E-business is the deployment of a variety of web services by product and
service vendors to facilitate B2B and B2C E-commerce. To utilize these web services …

Agility—namely, the ability of a supply chain to rapidly respond to changes in market and
customer demands—is regarded as the bearer of competitive advantage in today's business …

In this article, we analyze patterns and recent trends of the logistics industry with specific
emphasis on the impact of business‐to‐business (B‐to‐B) electronic commerce on its …

Service-oriented architecture enables an environment where businesses can expose
services for use by their collaborators and their peer organizations. In this dynamic …

Kollaborative Abstimmung in der Supply Chain kann sich auch zwischen kleinen und
mittleren Zulieferern lohnen. Dieses Buch zeigt sowohl auf Basis einer bundesweiten …

Most construction projects are large and costly. Collaborative working involves two or more
stakeholders sharing their efforts and resources to complete the project more effectively and …

Purpose–The successful implementation of an optimal online system for specification and
procurement has been impeded by the existence of semi‐structured or non‐structured …

Web services technology is being adopted as a viable deployment approach for future
distributed software systems that enable business-to-business and business-to-consumer …