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Roadmap to the e-Factory
Suppliers are on-line to implement and control the external business
process that must exist between a supplier and customer who have a strategic
or tactical partnership. This external business process environment includes
the workflow for decision-making about new or existing needs, strategic
information about available components or services, or ideas, other intellectual
property, and controlled workflow for materials management, installation, and
systems integration planning
Internal Operations Are On-line
Internal operations are on-line to respond with product and service information
to customers and suppliers. For example, new product development concepts
must include the capability to support rapid order configuration ...