Abstract
Collaborative networks research has increased over the last years due
to the advantages experienced by the enterprises that establish collaboration. In
this paper, a set of relevant collaborative processes are identified in the
literature and analysed considering their specific application in non-hierarchical
manufacturing networks (NHN). Besides, collaboration within networked
partners is enhanced through designing a roadmap to deal with the migration
path towards collaborative processes establishment. Currently, the research aim
is focused on modelling the network and the collaborative processes,
established within the partners, through a mathematical model that identifies the
collaboration objects. In this context, experts will be able to promote the
establishment of collaboration, analyse the processes performed within a
network and consider their redesign/design towards collaboration. The model
would identify the objects of collaboration, in order to be analysed and thus
serve as a tool to improve the enterprises performance and, consequently, the
network performance.
