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European manufacturing industries are changing fast. Amid the pressures of globalisation, emerging markets and shifting geographical patterns of consumption and production, competition and collaboration need to be redefined. The book contains roadmaps for survival in the emerging global competitive arena by and for practitioners, as well as concrete examples and theoretical studies across industries. New forms of cooperation are analysed which combine intensive collaboration with high competition in networks of excellence among suppliers, manufacturers and customers. The success factors for such industrial networks are described in detail, as well as their benefits and potential risks. In a multidisciplinary approach, the book draws on parallels from other fields and disciplines in order to explore the many facets of competition and collaboration.
List of contents
President's Introduction: From Idea to Implementation.- Plenary Presentations.- Between Collaboration and Competition - The Future of the European Manufacturing Industry.- ERA: A Challenge for Co-opetition - "Towards Knowledge-based Enterprises".- Plant Engineering in Global Competition.- Jaguar Racing - Collaboration in the Workflow?.- Long-Term Cooperation in the European Aerospace Industry - A Model for Future Successful Partnering in Competitive Environments.- The Network of Automotive Excellence as a Potential Response to Change in Development / Production and Brand Policy.- The European Automotive Supply Industry at the Crossroads.- Network of Automotive Excellence - The Future Role of Tier 1 from a Development Standpoint.- eEurope and the European Research Area - EU Policies to Address Major Business and Work Challenges.- Networks of Excellence: Relevance, Feasibility, Sustainability.- Discussion Forums.- Secure Engineering Collaboration - Engineering Alliances Among Collaborative Enterprises.- e-Business: The Importance of Standards for e-Marketplaces.- Neutrality, Openness and Co-operation in the Service Industry.- Core Competences: Recognition, Development and Successful Implementation - Network of Automotive Excellence.- 30 Per Cent More Efficiency in Product Development - Fiction or Hard Fact?.- Productivity of "Knowledge" Work or the New Role of Men at Work.- 30 % Higher Efficiency in Product Development - Requirements to the OEM from the Engineering Service Suppliers' Point of View.- Virtual Level Collaboration: SMEs in Aerospace.- Technology as a Basis for Collaboration.- MOSAIC E-Net Integration Platform - Reduction of Processing Costs through Electronic Data Exchange.- Data Re-presentation as a First Step Towards aUnified IT-Structure.- Invited Contributions.- Competition and Collaboration in Sport.- Opening Up to Change - People as Critical Success Factor for Collaboration.- The Boundaries of "Marketisation" - The Myths About Entrepreneurial Employees.- "Performance Community" - New Financing Solutions.- Identification of Cost-Saving Potentials Achieved by Collaboration Using Product Lifecycle Costing.- Competition and Collaboration in the Automotive Industry.- Best-Practice Concept for Supply Chain Monitoring.- New Networks: Features and Tasks.- Ewf Information.- Networks of Excellence: Ewf Europe's Vision.- Ewf Association in Switzerland.- Conference Information.- Authors.- Programme of the Conference.- Participants.
Summary
European manufacturing industries are changing fast. Amid the pressures of globalisation, emerging markets and shifting geographical patterns of consumption and production, competition and collaboration need to be redefined. The book contains roadmaps for survival in the emerging global competitive arena by and for practitioners, as well as concrete examples and theoretical studies across industries. New forms of cooperation are analysed which combine intensive collaboration with high competition in networks of excellence among suppliers, manufacturers and customers. The success factors for such industrial networks are described in detail, as well as their benefits and potential risks. In a multidisciplinary approach, the book draws on parallels from other fields and disciplines in order to explore the many facets of competition and collaboration.
