prolamat 98 first announcement call papers tenth international ifip tc5 wg 5 2 wg 5 3 conference prolamat 98 globalization manufacturing digital communications era 21st century innovation agility virtual enterprise conference date venue september 911 1998 trento italy first announcement call papers abstracts due november 10 1997 acceptance notification december 20 1997 camera ready paper due april 30 1998 please show interest contributing prolamat 98 using attached form september 30 1997 conference scope prolamat 98 expands design manifacturing issues include teams virtual enterprises come together across space time develop new products bring global markets manufacturing issues information models long part concurrent engineering increasingly important new product innovation development manufacturing plans processes span multiple companies along multiple time zones past emphasis human aspects innovation provides strong foundation next prolamat emphasizes three themes separate tracks conference track 1 sharing experience gained telecommunication use industry agility innovation track 2 human machine communications modelling standard representations reuse track 3 telecommunication agility impact software technology discrete manufacturing background prolamat conference internationally well known event demonstrating evaluating activities progress field discrete manufacturing sponsored international federation information processing ifip prolamat traditionally held every three years includes whole area advanced software technology design manufacturing discrete manufacturing past conferences explored manufacturing technology advances cad cam software discrete manufacturing software manufacturing eight international prolamat focused theme man cim 1995 prolamat featured theme life cycle modelling innovative products processes 1998 conference italy organized university trento school engineeering department computer managemet sciences jointly istituto trentino di cultura auspices wg2 computer aided design wg3 computer aided manufacturing technical committee 5 computer applications technology conference last prolamat next century provides opportunity investigate imagine digital communications revolution going around us mean manufacturing _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ conference subjects track 1 sharing experience telecommunication use industry agility innovation globalization product opportunities manufacturing processes along advances digital communications simultaneously enabling demanding agility rapid enterprise innovation number industries driven exploit emerging telecommunication technologies important tool meeting demands major goal conference complement traditional academic presentations separate track devoted sharing industry experience determining implications emerging digital communications era discrete manufacturing 21st century case studies descriptions experience emerging technologies concurrent engineering involving shared product process models applications telecommunications agility innovation virtual organizations distributed business process reengineering sourcing managing virtual teams developing sustaining virtual organizations advances telecommunication technology collaborative knowledge processing engineering telepresence remote sensing distributed coordination processes collaborative feature modelling featurebased design geometric modelling integration emerging technologies tools existing product development collaborative version management update sharing tools enterprise integration managing organizational change enterprisewide distribution coordination emerging product models _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ track 2 human machine communications modelling standard representations reuse people machines design new products make manufacturing systems work increasingly groups people required design new products bring market requirements agility suitability specific manufacturing processes must matched culture knowledge base work force world class processes floundered done information communication systems either amplify reduce magnitude differences across culture engineering discipline researchers specializing knowledge representation modelling communications standardization reuse invited share experiences research perspectives enterprise data sharing across engineering cultural supply chain boundaries distributed manufacturing supply chain management early stage product development dynamically incorporates supplier constraints standard models component information representation product process interchange technologies knowledge sharing collaboration across product lifecycle adaptive systems organizational management knowledge sharing education training organizational manufacturing process simulation organizing representing design manufacturing process dissemination reuse interface human machine information sharing training education virtual reality multimedia manufacturing design collaborative manufacturing process definition operation collaborative product process modeling product life cycle implications models human communication support integrated manufacturing _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ track 3 telecommunication agility impact software technology discrete manufacturing even today postindustrial informationsociety machines people ultimately make products humans designed use digital telecommunication become enabling technology agile organizations important tool driving enterprise innovation implications profound changes communications technology discrete manufacturing old assumptions must rethought totally new opportunities exist software tools discrete manufacturing evolved past three years conference whole track particular attempt answer far reaching questions rapid virtual prototyping using distributed teams distributed manufacturing concurrent simultaneous engineering systems distributed global methodologies design collaborative manufacturing intelligent tools communicate across shop floor across institutional boundaries automated machining operations scheduling coordination planning machining manufacturing processes architectures frameworks dss design integrated manufacturing formal design theories methodologies engineering simulation product process modelling planning scheduling issues systems relating sustainable manufacturing methods tools sustainable product development manufacturing processes _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ conference chair g jacucci invited members international program 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contributing paper tentative title paper touch upon following topics track 1 experience using telecom agility product process innovation case studies descriptions experience emerging technologies advances telecom technology collaborative knowledge processing engineering integration emerging technologies tools existing produt development track 2 human machine communications modelling standard representations reuse enterprise data sharing across engineering cultural supply chain boundaries technologies knowledge sharing collaboration across product life cycle interface human machine information sharing training aducation track 3 telecom agility impact software technology discrete manufacturing rapid virtual prototyping using distributed teams distributed manufacturing intelligent tools communicate across shop floor across institutional boundaries architectures frameworks dss design integrated manufacturing issues systems relating sustainable manufacturing