A collaborative engine for enterprise application integration

  • Authors:

  • Qianfu Ni;Wen Feng Lu;Prasad K. D. V. Yarlagadda;Xinguo Ming

  • Affiliations:

  • School of Engineering Systems, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Qld, Australia;Design Technology Institute/Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore;School of Engineering Systems, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Qld, Australia;Institute of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

  • Venue:
  • Computers in Industry
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

Most companies in tooling industry position themselves as partners of large companies and operate in a made-to-order fashion. As the product lifecycle is becoming short, the time for tooling companies to design and produce tools shrinks remarkably. To survive in such a competitive market, many tooling companies are seeking solutions to shorten their entire business cycle by improving their working efficiency and productivity with effective collaboration. This paper presents a collaborative engine, capable of supporting horizontal and vertical integration by providing a computer-supported collaborative environment. The engine has been modeled and designed as a foundation for the development of collaborative environments for tooling companies to improve business performance by enhancing internal collaboration, maximizing information sharing and reuse, and seamlessly linking business activities. A collaborative design environment has been prototyped to demonstrate the efficiency of the engine.