In the current information society increased attention is being paid to enterprise architecture (EA) and accompanying techniques, models and frameworks. CHOOSE is an EA approach focused on and adapted to the characteristics and needs of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Though these techniques could offer significant benefits to SMEs, hardly any SME uses EA. The application and impleme...

Present economic developments are characterised by globalisation and internalisation. Networks and relationships between companies from different regions are increasing in importance and are used for purposes of investments, trading and research and development. At the same time, the product demands are increasing. Customers expect a rapid availability of new products and desire that they fit t...

Digital technologies are awaited to have an enormous influence on developing countries’ forecasts for economic growth. Digitization will remodel business activities in many directions. Many organizations and services remained unlocked during COVID-19 by embracing new concrete distancing practices technology maintain their running workers secure. The SME sector is essential economies around the ...

In the automotive industry SME suppliers are forced to keep the innovative pace with OEMs, resulting in the key requirement for economic production of small lot-sizes. State of the art technology in manufacturing systems is inadequate to meet this requirement. Current production equipment is either tailored towards a specific product or is flexible, but at the expense of expensive machinery; pr...