Inhaltsangabe1 The emergence of the Interprise.- 2 Variable production networks - successful operating in an "alliance of the best".- 3 Perspectives for executive information, decision support and information management in the extended enterprise.- 4 Partnering along the construction logistics chain.- 5 The organisation of the self-innovative extended factory in the ManuFuturing model.- 6 VEGA*: cooperating support systems for virtual enterprises.- 7 Criteria-oriented order allocation in a multisite production structure - a decision support instrument for the clothing industry.- 8 Manufacturing systems engineering for the extended enterprise.- 9 Manufacturing franchising for managing the extended enterprise.- 10 Clothing industry 2000: the archetype of the extended enterprise.- 11 Planning in virtual enterprises.- 12 Building up a virtual organization.- 13 SMEs in supply chain: a supplier evaluation model and some empirical results.- 14 Build and operate logistic chains - an approach to synchronise distributed production activities.- 15 Integrated performance measurement systems: a reference model.- 16 Evaluation of enterprises within a turbulent market - control the dynamic character of turbulent markets of the next millennium.- 17 Demand oriented factory planning through reference models.- 18 Practical implementation of virtual lean and agile manufacturing systems - application of a generic framework.- 19 A simulation model for designing the automation of future's factory.- 20 Simulation-aided re-organisation of the personnel assignment in dynamic production systems.- Index of contributors.- Keyword index.