Abstract
Traditionally, the shop floor was isolated from the rest of the supply chain and within the organization. Businesses that harness the power of the Internet are making huge gains in efficiency, both by reducing the friction inside their own business and by binding suppliers more tightly into the supply chain. E-Manufacturing covers a single, complete set of operational capabilities including rapid plant design and deployment, real-time ERP connectivity, comprehensive asset management of people, products and processes, and a seamless coupling to the entire supply chain via the Web.

E-manufacturing integrates customers, e-commerce systems, and suppliers into the manufacturing process to provide an Internet-based strategic framework for the factory. This white paper discusses the concept, history & evolution of e-manufacturing, implementation footprint, SAP and e-manufacturing. The concept of e-manufacturing is extended to using SAP as the vehicle to get the business integrated to the whole of the supply chain.

Authors Sudhindra Kulkarni Vinayak Oak

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