The main objective of this work is to identify, describe, and empirically validate the business processes and practices needed to create and manage manufacturing networks.

In order to achieve this main objective, the following sub-objectives were defined and served as targets:

 

 

• Create a list of business processes of manufacturing networks from literature review.

• Create a list of business processes tailored to manufacturing networks.

• Characterize the business processes using the Input-transformation-output Model and the BPMN.

• Review the literature on management practices of the defined business processes.

• Validate business processes with experts and companies that are involved in collaborative networks.

 

It’s important to note that the work is part of a team investigation and therefore has contributions  and comments from the other elements, also it’s necessary to emphasize the contribution at the level of practices and tools to support the processes