Building an adaptive manufacturing enterprise for the Hong Kong watchmaking industry

Hamid Noori, W.B. Lee and Francis K.H. Lau

International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management, 2007, vol. 11, issue 3/4, 373-388

Abstract: In this paper, we discuss the development of a prototype DMN as a portal-based information exchange system for the design, manufacture and distribution of customised products for the watchmaking industry in Hong Kong. The e-portal serves as an enabling tool for the industry to share information instantly and globally among all the participants in the value chain and presents an unprecedented opportunity for a wider industrial collaboration among them. The portal offers flexibility to 'change by design' and creates distinctive knowledge for the channel partners in an industry characterised by a mature market. It allows them to address the challenges of fast response product development and manufacturing and hence better adapt to customer demands and coordinate go-to-market strategies in increasingly shorter time frames.

Keywords: dispersed manufacturing networks; modular consortia; cooperative production systems; adaptive manufacturing enterprise; e-portal development; online portals; Hong Kong; watchmaking industry; information exchange; customised products; information sharing; value chain management; industrial collaboration; product development; distributed manufacturing. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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