Overview of Enterprise Networks and Logistics for Agile Manufacturing -- A Review of Research and Practice for the Industrial Networks of the Future -- Agile Manufacturing in Complex Supply Networks -- Enterprise Network and Supply Chain Structure: the Role of Fit -- Enterprise Networks and Information and Communications Technology Standardisation -- Collaborative Demand Planning: Creating Value Through Demand Signals -- Value Creation and Supplier Selection: an Empirical Analysis -- Supplier Selection in Agile Manufacturing Using Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process -- A Sustainable Green Supply Chain for Globally Integrated Networks -- A Multi-agent Framework for Agile Outsourced Supply Chains -- Agent-based Simulation and Simulation-based Optimisation for Supply Chain Management -- Analysing Interactions among Battery Recycling Barriers in the Reverse Supply Chain -- Design of Reverse Supply Chains in Support of Agile Closed-loop Logistics Networks -- The Evolution of Logistics Service Providers and the Role of Internet-based Applications in Facilitating Global Operations -- A Heuristic for Heterogeneous Capacitated Pick-up and Delivery Logistics Problems with Time Windows in Agile Manufacturing and the Distribution Supply Chain -- Visualisation and Verification of Communication Protocols for Networked Distributed Systems -- Robustness and Capability Indices in the Optimisation of an Airline’s Fleet – Bridging Contradicting Outcomes.

Enterprise Networks and Logistics for Agile Manufacturing presents a focused collection of quality chapters on state-of-the-art research efforts in the areas of enterprise networks and logistics, as well as their practical applications towards agile manufacturing. With the increasing decentralisation of manufacturing systems and outsourcing of processes, more robust and practical approaches and systems are needed to support agile manufacturing operations. Enterprise Networks and Logistics for Agile Manufacturing consists of two major sections: the first presents a broad-based review of the key areas of research in enterprise networks and logistics; the second focuses on an in-depth treatment of a particular methodology or system relevant to the book title. Examples include: • sustainable green supply chain; • value creation and supplier selection; • extended enterprise network management; • reverse logistics; and • innovative supply chain systems. The authors take into account the need to pose intellectual challenges while retaining a balanced approach in terms of scope versus depth and theory versus applications. Enterprise Networks and Logistics for Agile Manufacturing can be beneficial to academic researchers, practicing engineers and managers, and graduate students with an interest in any manufacturing sectors. It can enable them to better understand the present state and future trends of research in this important area, in order to position themselves strategically for future challenges as we enter the era of agile and distributed manufacturing.