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Roadmap to the e-Factory
Ultimately, a process flow vision should include the following.
Definition of the high level business processes
Which resources (human, machine, or data) are to be involved in the
process flow
What performance parameters should be used to measure process flow
effectiveness
Which technologies are required to facilitate the process flow
Process Boundary Vision
Once the process flow vision is established, the next step is to develop the
process boundary vision. The process flow vision described above will result
in the definition of the high-level business processes that will be part of the e-
factory. These processes are ...