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| | Next Generation Manufacturing Enterprise Model |
 | | Enterprises and corporations in the 20th century, whether based on functional, divisional or matrix models, resembled a pyramid with several layers. |
 | | The enterprise adaptation process will be the prime means by which companies develop and improve their adaptive (agile) capabilities, and will take on the role of systematically designing and redesigning the enterprise to cope with the increasing levels of change, uncertainty and unpredictability in the business environment. |
 | | What is more, the generic description, because it goes down to the level of fundamental principles and root issues and assumptions, is not subject to the problem of differing interpretations which is a major difficulty with buzzwords like virtual enterprise, mass customization and the like. |
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