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Centre for Concurrent Enterprise
   
   

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
The centre has successfully engaged in several international, multi-disciplinary, industrially applied research projects. The diagram below shows the major projects undertaken since 1992. The total value of these projects amounts to £24 million, with Nottingham's share being £2.4 million.

Research Projects

CCE Project Evolution

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

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