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Selection of Partners for a Virtual Enterprise

1999; Springer Science+Business Media; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/978-0-387-35577-1_17

1868-422X

Luís M. Camarinha-Matos, Tiago Cardoso,

Collaboration in agile enterprises

Electronic procurement of partners is an important functionality during the life cycle of a virtual enterprise. A prototype implementation, featuring selection based on both internal or Internet-based suppliers' directories, is discussed. The generation of call for tenders and support for management of received bids is introduced and directions for contract negotiation and decision support system are discussed.