Scalable Enterprise Systems: Contract-Market Enterprise Models - Factoring, Pricing and Forecasting

这项研究考虑了一种开放的企业观点，其基础是信息是免费的--只有实物交易才有成本。这种方法认为，专业市场将成为供应链的组成部分，履行曾经由企业履行的职能。例如，市场在未来某个时间点为制造设施预留产能，或者在地理区域储存库存以对冲需求波动。建模工作将假定供应链所需的功能和服务，以及这些功能和服务的合同可以在公开市场上定价和交易的机制。这些市场的纳什均衡的特征，例如通过使用在线拍卖预测的市场力量向消费者转移，将被分析性地研究。将创建一个计算机模拟，用于研究供应链中非平稳、不断演变的合同市场的行为。模拟的潜在应用包括专门从事产品设计的公司销售设计服务的市场，以及新一代产品进入市场。市场模拟器的游戏版本将被创建和传播用于教育用途。大多数企业有许多活动被市场屏蔽。持开放态度的企业将越来越多地为其履行的职能定价，并考虑将其外包出去。所有服务的持续竞争性估值将推动经济效率的显著提高。本研究将验证一种假设，即供应链中的集中计划和垂直整合的收益可以通过动态市场获得。它将发现电子商务和供应链整合方面的新机会。它将衡量新市场的潜力，并描述管理这些市场的似乎可行的规则。最后，它将阐明使企业在未来蓬勃发展的能力。

The research considers an open view of enterprise based on the extreme premise that information is free - only physical transactions have cost. This approach holds that specialized markets will become theintegrating element of supply chains, performing functions once performed by corporations. Examples include markets that reserve capacity on manufacturing facilities at future points in time, or stockpile inventory in geographic regions to hedge against demand fluctuations. The modeling effort will postulate functions and services required by supply chains, and mechanisms by which contracts for these functions and services could be priced and traded in an open market. Characteristics of Nash equilibria for these markets, such as a predicted shift in market power to consumers through the use of on-line auctions, will be studied analytically. A computer simulation for studying the behavior of non-stationary, evolving contract markets in supply chains will be created. Potential applications of the simulation include a market in which companies specializing in product design sell design services, and new generations of a product enter the market. A game version of the market simulator will be created and disseminated for educational use.Most enterprises have many activities that are shielded from the marketplace. Enterprises that adopt an open view will increasingly price functions that they perform and consider contracting them out. Thiscontinuous competitive valuation of all services will drive dramatic improvements in economic efficiency. This research will test the hypothesis that the benefits of centralized planning and vertical integration in supply chains can be obtained through dynamic markets. It will identify new opportunities in e-business and supply chain integration. It will gauge the potential for new markets and describe plausible rulesto govern these markets. Finally, it will shed light on the capabilities that will allow enterprises to thrive in the future.