Working with Small Manufacturing Enterprises: An Analysis of TIDE

This paper documents some of the challenges and risks facing programs or organizations trying to help small manufacturing enterprises (SMEs). The Technology Insertion, Demonstration, and Evaluation (TIDE) Program performed seven demonstration projects with SMEs. While the companies differed in size, technology needs, and in-house capabilities, they are typical of the companies to be found in the SME sector. This report examines the effort to help SMEs through demonstration projects. It describes the challenges that the TIDE Program personnel faced, and presents recommendations to help organizations in similar situations address or avoid those challenges.

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Authors

Len Estrin

William Anderson

Joseph P. Elm

Suzanne Garcia-Miller

John T. Foreman

John E. Robert

Alfred Schenker

This report is related to the following area(s) of work:

Acquisition Support

Technical Report
CMU/SEI-2004-TR-005
February 2004

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SEI:

Estrin, Len; Anderson, William; Elm, Joseph; Garcia-Miller, Suzanne; Foreman, John; Robert, John; & Schenker, Alfred. Working with Small Manufacturing Enterprises: An Analysis of TIDE (CMU/SEI-2004-TR-005). Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 2004. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/04tr005.cfm

IEEE:

L. Estrin, W. Anderson, J. Elm, S. Garcia-Miller, J. Foreman, J. Robert, and A. Schenker, "Working with Small Manufacturing Enterprises: An Analysis of TIDE," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Technical Report CMU/SEI-2004-TR-005, 2004. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/04tr005.cfm

APA:

Estrin, L., Anderson, W., Elm, J., Garcia-Miller, S., Foreman, J., Robert, J., & Schenker, A. (2004). Working with Small Manufacturing Enterprises: An Analysis of TIDE (CMU/SEI-2004-TR-005). Retrieved May 23, 2013, from the Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University website: http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/04tr005.cfm

CHI:

Estrin, Len, William Anderson, Joseph Elm, Suzanne Garcia-Miller, John Foreman, John Robert, and Alfred Schenker. Working with Small Manufacturing Enterprises: An Analysis of TIDE (CMU/SEI-2004-TR-005). Pittsburgh, PA: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 2004. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/04tr005.cfm

MLA:

Estrin, L., Anderson, W., Elm, J., Garcia-Miller, S., Foreman, J., Robert, J., & Schenker, A. 2004. Working with Small Manufacturing Enterprises: An Analysis of TIDE (Technical Report CMU/SEI-2004-TR-005). Pittsburgh: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/04tr005.cfm

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