Overview

Abstract

Automation of information processing and application has a great effect on promoting the development of national economy, greatly accelerates the process of industrialization, remarkably improves material living standard of people, and changes the production and operation management mode of enterprises from the past extensive management gradually to the precise management. The networking of information applications, on one hand significantly improved people’s production and living standards, on the other hand has profound impact on people’s production and lifestyle. With the application of e-commerce, enterprise resource planning, supply chain management, product lifecycle management, etc., the management and operation mode of enterprises have been profoundly changed, the advanced manufacturing models such as agile manufacturing, concurrent engineering, mass customization, network collaborative design and manufacturing, as well as advanced management models such as business process reengineering, flat organizational structure, learning-oriented enterprises have emerged.