The requirements to enterprises in-creased and became more complex over the last years. This is caused by changing market demands - chief the change to customer orientation - and the resulting necessary changes. For these reasons the research on the area of value adding in networks grew in their significance. This paper presents an operating model for non-hierarchical production networks between small and medium enterprises and -units developed by the Chemnitz University of Technology. The selection of the necessary network participants is the central task of this model.
Industrie Management | Volume 19 | 2003 | Edition 4 | Pages 60-63
