Due to the development of science and technology, the computer has become a useful tool for supporting engineering activities in product design. Many computer aided tools such as CAD/CAM, product data management (PDM), product life cycle assessment (PLA), etc., have been popularly used in industry for reducing product development lead-time and increasing total product quality. However, the nume...

Construction and operation of buildings is internationally a major cause of resource depletion and environmental pollution. Computational performance evaluation tools could support the decision making process in the area of environmentally responsive building design and play an important role in environmental impact assessment, especially when a life cycle assessment (LCA) approach is used. LCA...

This study concerns the integration of electronic commerce networks into the “sales” processes of small firms. Specifically, this study focuses on integration of an electronic commerce (EC) network in those business processes leading up to an actual sales order. We examined seventeen small firms at the end of their first year of participation in an inter-organizational electronic network that m...