Rocket Internet: organizing a startup factory

Internet Technologies in Factory Automation

One of the most important changes in the technological and economic environment of industrial firms is the increasing diffusion and strongly increasing commercial use of Internet technologies in manufacturing. Both formal and empirical studies verified the significant increase in productivity through intraorganizational applications of modern information and communication technologies in manufa...

Introduction: Organizing the Internet

THET H E M E O F ‘‘ORGANIZINGTHE INTERNET’’ brings to mind the late 1950s folk-rock singer Jimmie Rodgers’s song titled “The World I Used to Know.”A great many developments have transpired in the world of information science since the seminal works of S. C. Bradford, Claude Shannon, Vannevar Bush, and numerous other pioneers. To those of us who have been in the information science field for sev...

Future Internet-based Collaboration in Factory Planning

As the design, development and execution of manufacturing processes continue to spread out across the world, globally distributed enterprises demand new paradigms. Distance collaboration tools are becoming increasingly important in order to maintain synergies between spatially distributed entities enabling effective cooperation over large distances. Virtual Reality (VR) technologies offer uniqu...

Exploration of the Internet Controlled 'Rent-a-Factory' Concept

There are several robots and other devices which can now be controlled over the Internet. It is possible that an expansion of this concept ultimately leading to an Internet controlled factory could assist Australia overcome the 'tyranny' both of distance and of small production volumes. This paper discusses initial work being performed to investigate the relevance and practicality of the Intern...

SMORE Phase 2: An Upgrade in Valve Systems & Startup Procedure for A Small Methanol Oxygen Liquid Rocket Engine