Necessity for e-Manufacturing model in tooling cluster and its essence

e-Manufacturing as a term was introduced some years ago by semiconductor industry, enabling to handle large production quantities in different locations. Globalisation has an effect that 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 overview of tooling sector and its necessities towards such manufacturing model are presented, as well as basic concept Of e-Manufacturing model for elaboration it in machinery and tool-making sectors.