Objective GLOBEMAN 21 attempted to determine the viability of international cooperation in R&D. On the assumption that such collaboration was viable then an assessment was made as to the mechanisms that would be necessary to facilitate a full scale IMS Programme.In order to test these concepts a vehicle associated with global manufacturing i.e. inter-enterprise working across the globe, was proposed. As a result of the changing world business environment and customer demands, we perceived that the production system required for the manufacturing industries in the 21st century would have two important features: - variable-kind variable-lot production adjusted to the market - global product manufacturing that combines production activities localised in individual geographic areas. In order to avoid a tranditional analytical approach, i.e. by market sector, a division of manufacturing enterprises based on manufacturing volumes was conceived. This approach put together industries and regions who would not normally have cooperated but where similar managerial solutions are to be found, thus testing both environmental and cultural differences. GLOBEMAN 21 successfully demonstrated the ability of organisations from a wide range of cultural and geographical backgrounds to work together and also produced a substantial set of data in terms of the industrial requirements that, if put into practice, would ensure manufacturing competitiveness well into the next century. Furthermore, GLOBEMAN 21 demonstrated that the genericity of IT requirements across various different industrial sectors was surprisingly high, almost irrespective of the manufacturing volume of the organisations in question. Programme(s) FP3-ESPRIT 3 - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of information technologies, 1990-1994 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator British Aerospace Defence Ltd EU contribution No data Address Samlesbury Aerodrome BB2 7LF Blackburn United Kingdom See on map Total cost No data Participants (11) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all A. AHLSTROM CORPORATION Finland EU contribution No data Address ETELAESPLANADI, 14, 329 00101 HELSINKI See on map Total cost No data ALCATEL Netherlands EU contribution No data Address STRAWINSKYLAAN, 341 1077 AMSTERDAM See on map Total cost No data BICC plc United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address 38 Ariel Way W12 7DX London See on map Total cost No data FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. Germany EU contribution No data Address Nobelstrasse 12 70569 STUTTGART See on map Total cost No data NOKIA CORPORATION Finland EU contribution No data Address REVONTULENTIE, 8C, 156 02101 ESPOO See on map Total cost No data PARTEK CORPORATION (OY PARTEK AB) Finland EU contribution No data Address SORNAISTEN RANTATIE, 23, 61 00501 HELLSINKI See on map Total cost No data Pirelli SpA Italy EU contribution No data Address Viale Sarca 222 20126 Milano See on map Total cost No data SINTEF Norway EU contribution No data Address GLOSHAUGEN 7034 TRONDHEIM See on map Total cost No data TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTER OF FINLAND Finland EU contribution No data Address VTT, DTAKAARI 7 02150 ESPOO See on map Total cost No data TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN Germany EU contribution No data Address STRAßE DES 17 JUNI 135 10623 BERLIN See on map Total cost No data Université de Bordeaux I France EU contribution No data Address 351 cours de la Libération 33405 Talence See on map Total cost No data