COLLABORATIVE NETWORKED ORGANIZATIONS IN MANUFACTURING

AbstractCollaborative networked organizations represent an important paradigm to help manufacturing companies cope with the challenges of market turbulence. Through collaboration, assisted by ICT, companies extend their “reach ability space” and participate in agile value creation networks. After a brief summary of the main concepts and collaborative forms, a survey of the state of the art and main research challenges are included for various focus areas. A list of emerging collaborative forms and their characterization are introduced. Among these forms, the customer involvement in innovation networks and networks of machines and sensors are discussed as particularly relevant for manufacturing.