Using Business Process Specification and Agent to Integrate a Scenario Driven Supply Chain
- POSTECH University, South Korea
- ORNL
- Daejeon University
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
In today's increasingly competitive global market, most enterprises place high priority on reducing order-fulfillment costs, minimizing time-to-market, and maximizing product quality. The desire of businesses to achieve these goals has seen a shift from a make-to-stock paradigm to a make-to-order paradigm. The success of this new paradigm requires robust and efficient supply chain integration and the ability to operate in the business-to-business (B2B) environment. Recent internet-based approaches have enabled instantaneous and secure information sharing among trading partners (i.e., customers, manufacturers, and suppliers). In this paper, we present a framework that enables both integration and B2B operations. This framework uses pre-defined business process specifications (BPS) and agent technologies. The BPS, which specifies a message choreography among the trading partners, is modeled using a modified Unified Modeling Language (UML). The behavior of the enterprise applications within each trading partner -- how they respond to external events specified in the BPS -- is modeled using Petri-nets and implemented as a collection of agents. The concepts and models proposed in this paper should provide the starting point for the formulation of a structured approach to B2B supply chain integration and implementation.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 989587
- Journal Information:
- International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Journal Name: International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 17; ISSN 1362-3052; ISSN 0951-192X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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