Handbook of Life Cycle Engineering Concepts, Models and Technologies

This handbook focuses on a series of concepts, models and technologies which can be used to improve current practice in life cycle engineering in manufacturing companies around the world.
Experts on the main issues relating to life cycle engineering have produced a superb collection of chapters. All the contributing authors are researchers and engineers in the fields of manufacturing paradigms, enterprise integration, product life cycle and technologies for life cycle engineering.
Academics and researchers will find this book to be a valuable reference tool. The book illustrates those key factors that ensure successful enterprise and product life cycle integration. Due to the book being developed as a joint industry and university project, its approach should be helpful to both practising professionals and academics.
An overview of life cycle engineering concepts, models, methodologies and practices that have been proved to significantly improve the integration and productivity of manufacturing companies have been clearly explained in this handbook.
This book will be essential for engineers, designers, product support personnel dealing with enterprise engineering projects. It will also be of immense use to lecturers and senior lecturers working in the fields of enterprise integration, product development, concurrent engineering and integrated manufacturing systems.

About the Editor. Preface. Contributions. Acknowledgements. Part I: New Paradigms for the Manufacturing Enterprise. 1. The Extended Enterprise; J. Browne, I. Hunt, Jiangang Zhang. 2. Agile Manufacturing; H.T. Goranson. 3. The Virtual Enterprise; B. Katzy, G. Schuh. 4. The Fractal Factory; W. Sihn, M. Hüser, R. Kristof. 5. Holonic Systems; R. Bell, S. Rahimifard, K. Toh. Part II: Enterprise Life Cycle. 6. The Life Cycle of an Enterprise; T.J. Williams, Hon gLi, P. Bernus, G. Uppington, L. Nemes. 7. CIMOSA - Life Cycle Based Enterprise; K. Kosanke, F. Vernadat. 8. GIM, Grai Integrated Methodology; G. Doumeingts. 9. The Purdue Enterprise Reference Architecture and Methodology (PERA); Th.J. Williams. 10. ARIS - House of Business Engineering; A.-W. Scheer. 11. Integrated Enterprise Modeling: Reference Architecture and Methodology; K. Mertins, R. Jochem. Part III: Product Life Cycle. 12. The Concept of Product Design Life Cycle; J.M. Sánchez. 13. Evolving Issues in Product Life Cycle Design: Design for Sustainability; V.A. Tipnis. 14. The Engineering Design Process Design for the Environment and Design for Sustainability; W.E. Wells. 15. Design for Producibility: A Key Concept in Product Life-Cycle Engineering; J.W. Priest. 16. Modularity: a Key Concept in Product Life-Cycle Engineering; K. Ishii. Part IV: Technologies for Life Cycle Engineering. 17. Life Cycle Supporting Tools and Technologies; L.M. Camarinha-Matos, H. Afsarmanesh. 18. Groupware and CSCW; A. Woodcock, S. Scrivener. 19. Workbenches and Reference Models for Enterprise Engineering; R. Weston. Keyword Index.