Research
The research focus of the centre for concurrent enterprise may be summarised as follows:- Collaboration - Understanding Collaboration in Physical and Virtual product design and development (including different cultural contexts)
- Readiness Assessment - Methods for evaluating a company's readiness (internal and inter-operability) to enter a virtual enterprise for new product development
- Knowledge creation process in physical and virtual new product development
- Manufacturing Supply Chain - Understanding the outsourcer and outsourcee perspective in manufacturing supply chains between Europe-India-China
- Collaborative Working Environment for Strategic Innovation
- Etc
Research Projects
| Projects | Website |
| PACE: Practical Approach to Concurrent Engineering(CE) | www.biba.uni-bremen.de/projects/pace |
| CODESCO: Practical Decision Support for CE | www.codesco.org |
| COSIGA: Simulation Game for CE | www.biba.uni-bremen.de/projects/cosiga |
| KARE: Knowledge Acquisition for Requirements Engineering |   |
| CEPRA: Practical CE for Aerospace SMEs | www.cepra.org |
| Adapt LO: The Learning Organisation - CE for SMEs |   |
| UK Lean Aero: UK Lean Aerospace Initiative |   |
| EPICE: Programme Management for Virtual Enterprises |   |
| CORMA: Knowledge Sharing in the Supply Chain |   |
| EKMF: European Knowledge Management Forum | www.knowledgeboard.com |
| EuroNIL: European Network for Logistics |   |
| CE-NET: Concurrent Enterprising Network | www.ce-net.org |
| GEM: Global Education for Manufacturing |   |
| ARICON: Readiness Assessment for Collaborative NPD | www.aricon.org |
| USER-MIND: Contextualisation of outsourcing (Europe-India) | www.usermind.org |
| RUSMECO: Enhancing SME Collaboration (Europe-Russia) |   |
| LABORANOVA: Collaborative Working Environment for Strategic Innovation | www.laboranova.com |
| Design SCOREBOARD: Developing a National Design Scoreboard | Design Impact |
| NEX-GEM: Next Generation Manufacturing Supply Chains | www.nex-gem.co.uk |
| Design Performance in Large Companies |   |
| BioPharm 2020: UK-India Bio Pharmaceutical Science Bridge | www.biopharm2020.org |
| IMS2020: Supporting Global Research for 2020 Manufacturing Vision | www.ims2020.net |
| My IU: Mainstreaming Accessibility through Synergistic User Modelling and Adaptability | www.myui.eu |
| D-Facto: Designing for ACessibility and emoTiOn | www.d-facto.es |
| StageIT: Transforming SMEs into successful experience stagers |   |
| Elliot: Experiential Living Lab for the Internet of Things | www.elliot-project.eu |
| GaLA: Game and Learning Alliance - Network of Excellence on Serious Gaming | www.galanoe.eu |
CCE is a member of MiBON Living Lab