Abstract:

The linkage between the University/Industry/Government, is not a new idea, but it is a question that is in a priority line for Latin-American Universities, as one of the basic functions of Higher Education, similar to teaching and research. It is in this new stage of world development where linking commits a dynamic agent role, in collaboration with the innovation and the update of the production systems. The technology revolution especially that of information systems has modified the understanding of space and time and at the same time starts a world economic network, the expansion of markets and the tertiary economy. Considering that these transformations have been able to characterize the economy in three details: It is to inform, it is global, and it functions as a network. The e-Production Chain, is  based on a novel University/Industry/Government outline, with special attention to the enterprise clusters, by introduction of  computer solutions as they are called Enterprise Resource Planning, Customer Relationship Management, and Supply Chain Management, useful for manufacturing management, marketing and providing, which have the potential to enhance competitiveness and cost reduction. The project background is presented and its advances under the hypothesis that in the same way, the production capacities according the  state of the art of the knowledge and technique; it is that generate competitive advantages for the users, such as outsourcing so as to encourage the modernization of the industrial sector.