E-manufacturing concept solution for tooling sector

E-manufacturing as a term was introduced some years ago by semiconductor industry, enabling to handle large production quantities in different locations. Due to globalization, nowadays individual and small-batch production oriented tooling companies need web-based simple manufacturing, planning and monitoring systems that could include larger sensor systems and databases. In this paper an overview of the tooling sector and its needs for such a manufacturing model as well as a new concept of the e-manufacturing model for SMEs of machinery and tool-making sectors are presented.