TY - GEN
T1 - Semantic harmonization for seamless networked supply chain planning in the future of internet
AU - Jardim-Goncalves, Ricardo
AU - Sarraipa, Joao
AU - Steiger-Garcao, Adolfo
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Today, enterprises are typically in a constant process of acquiring and updating its information technologies, however typically without an overall view of the global inter and intra enterprise’s system integration. Foreseeing the future of internet, researchers have been proposing new methodologies and platforms to assist such integration in the network of applications and data. However, implementing new technologies in organizations is a difficult task, since its quality needs for architectures development are more exigent and critical than ever, due to the systems complexity and dimension, semantic needs, and to the interoperability requirements to interact with third party applications and infrastructures. Scientific foundations for EI are envisaged to roadmap such general knowledge covering the general laws of the operation on enterprise interoperability in the future of internet. This paper reports research results from ongoing European Commission supported projects that are members of the Future Internet Enterprise Systems (FInES) European Cluster. The paper draws concepts from the complex systems science and proposes a methodology for seamless networked Supply Chain Planning (SCP), by using a domain reference ontology, data model representation standards, software components evaluation and interoperability checking processes. The methodology VALTE is used to assure that enterprises use tools for SCP compliant to semantics, represented in a common reference ontology, created by the MENTOR methodology. These two horizontal methodologies are vertically supported by interoperability checking processes, which contribute for an interoperable supply chain planning system on the future internet.
AB - Today, enterprises are typically in a constant process of acquiring and updating its information technologies, however typically without an overall view of the global inter and intra enterprise’s system integration. Foreseeing the future of internet, researchers have been proposing new methodologies and platforms to assist such integration in the network of applications and data. However, implementing new technologies in organizations is a difficult task, since its quality needs for architectures development are more exigent and critical than ever, due to the systems complexity and dimension, semantic needs, and to the interoperability requirements to interact with third party applications and infrastructures. Scientific foundations for EI are envisaged to roadmap such general knowledge covering the general laws of the operation on enterprise interoperability in the future of internet. This paper reports research results from ongoing European Commission supported projects that are members of the Future Internet Enterprise Systems (FInES) European Cluster. The paper draws concepts from the complex systems science and proposes a methodology for seamless networked Supply Chain Planning (SCP), by using a domain reference ontology, data model representation standards, software components evaluation and interoperability checking processes. The methodology VALTE is used to assure that enterprises use tools for SCP compliant to semantics, represented in a common reference ontology, created by the MENTOR methodology. These two horizontal methodologies are vertically supported by interoperability checking processes, which contribute for an interoperable supply chain planning system on the future internet.
KW - Future of internet
KW - Interoperability
KW - Networked supply chain planning
KW - Quality assurance
KW - Semantics interoperability
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84866140871&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-15509-3_8
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-15509-3_8
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84866140871
SN - 9783642155086
T3 - IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
SP - 78
EP - 89
BT - Enterprise Architecture, Integration and Interoperability - IFIP TC 5 International Conference, EAI2N 2010 Held as Part of WCC 2010, Proceedings
A2 - Fox, Mark
A2 - Doumeingts, Guy
A2 - Doumeingts, Guy
A2 - Bernus, Peter
PB - Springer New York LLC
T2 - IFIP TC 5 International Conference on Enterprise Architecture, Integration and Interoperability, EAI2N 2010 Held as Part of 21st IFIP World Computer Congress, WCC 2010
Y2 - 20 September 2010 through 23 September 2010
ER -