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Organizing and managing dynamic networks of enterprises (or virtual enterprises
(VE)) is a very complex task and many issues are still to be effectively covered.
Apart from the models that can be used to create and manage VEs, product data
play a central role in the VE life cycle. VE composition, interaction among VE
members (Autonomous Production Systems in this work), as well as its
relationship with the market, is severely dependent on the product technical
specifications as well as on the product process planning information. In
traditional managing systems for the single enterprise environment the Bill of
Materials (BOM) plays that role and in this paper is proposed a Bill of Materials
and Movements (BOMM) as its equivalent in VE environments. The BOMM
includes product structure, high level process planning information and some
degree of VE composition. BOMM is present during VE formation, operation,
and reconfiguration, playing a central role in the material detailed planning and
in the movement planning between VE members. In this article the BOMM role
during the VE life cycle is described in detail.
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Keywords
Bill of materials Production planning Virtual enterprise
Citation
Pires, L. C. M., Carvalho, J. D. A. and Moreira, N. A. (2008). The role of bill of materials and movements (BOMM) in the virtual enterprises environment. International Journal of Production Research. ISSN 0020–7543. 46:4, p. 1163-1185