| Part I: Fundamentals | |
| Chapter 1 | Introduction |
| Advances in e-manufacturing technology; Characterizations of e-manufacturing; e-Manufacturing practices, promises and future | |
| Chapter 2 | Internet enabled technologies |
| HTML; Java programming; XML; Client/server architecture; Java database connectivity |
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| Chapter 3 | Advanced technologies for e-manufacturing |
Introduction; Industrial and technological drives to e-manufacturing; Agent technology; Multi-agent systems; Data mining and knowledge discovery; Conclusions |
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| Chapter 4 | Internet and manufacturing knowledge management |
| Internet characteristics; Design agility and the Internet; Manufacturing responsiveness and the Internet; CBR and web-based computational intelligence; Conclusions |
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| Chapter 5 | Computing infrastructure for e-manufacturing (software/hardware perspectives) |
| Introduction; Software tools; Hardware; Data management components; Networking; Implementation; Case studies; Conclusions | |
| Part II: Applications | |
| Chapter 6 | Collaborative product design and development |
| Introduction; Conceptual design and collaboration; Automated concept generation; Implementation; An illustrative example; Discussion; Summary | |
| Chapter 7 | Mass customization |
| Introduction; Principles of mass customization; Methodology and tools; Implementation issues; Conclusions | |
| Chapter 8 | Remote control and condition monitoring |
| Introduction; Traditional bilateral tele-operation systems; Remote control over the Internet; Coping with transmission delays for bilateral tele-operation; Case study 1: multi-client robot control through the Internet; Case study 2: multimedia interface design for remote control; Condition monitoring; Transferring structured numeric data over the Internet; Conclusions | |
| Chapter 9 | Virtual manufacturing and systems |
| Introduction; Virtual manufacturing; Virtual manufacturing technology; Virtual manufacturing systems; Virtual manufacturing system applications | |
| Chapter 10 | e-Supply chain management |
| Introduction; Principles of e-supply chain management; Methodology and tools for e-supply chain management | |
| Chapter 11 | e-Enterprise agility and competitiveness: a synthesis of the imperatives |
| Introduction; e-Enterprise infrastructure; Enabling technologies; e-Operations; Extended e-enterprise; The agile e-supply chain; The competitive objectives; Conclusions | |