| Collaborative Manufacturing: Using Real-Time Information to Support the Supply Chain Subjects: Computer Science; Engineering & Technology; Management of IT; Manufacturing Engineering; Engineering Management; Supply Chain Management; Production Research & Economics; Collaborative manufacturing is an interactive process with great potential, but without the direct input of the plant floor systems information, a significant piece of the management process is not available for consideration. Collaborative Manufacturing provides guidance and examples of how and why real-time events within the plant floor managemen |