Towards the development of a framework to create a virtual organisation breeding environment in the mould and die sector
The effective creation of Virtual Enterprises emerges after the development of: (i) a new working culture and (ii) a computer-enabled infrastructure supporting inter-operation of companies. These developments are facilitated if the potential partners belong to a Virtual Organisation Breeding Environment (VBE). This paper describes a framework to create and support the life cycle of Virtual Enterprises operating (relying on a VBE) in the mould and die sector. The proposed framework is called AmbianCE and it is the result of a 5-year research project in the field of Collaborative Network Organisations. The AmbianCE framework has been validated in a Brazilian VBE called Virfebras. A peculiar characteristic of Virfebras is that many of its members are competitors.
Referência: VALLEJOS, R.; LIMA, C.; VARVAKIS, G. Towards the development of a framework to create a virtual organisation breeding environment in the mould and die sector. J Intell Manuf, v.18, n.5, 2007.