Scalable Enterprise Systems: Scalable Decision Support Technology For Enterprise Intermediaries

这笔赠款为电子市场中介机构开发决策支持技术提供资金。 第一阶段的重点将是一个中介模型，它将一组给定的需求与一组供应相匹配，例如，到一组生产设施的库存或容量。 将需要四项主要任务：（1）数据表示规范（即供求）;（2）中介结构开发;（3）匹配算法开发;（4）原型实施。 由于第一阶段的时间限制，这些任务将首先用于造纸行业。 原型将以互联网应用程序为基础，以确保迅速实施和易于演示。 如果成功的话，这项研究的主要好处将是开发一种企业方法，可以实现在ERP系统中尝试的范围经济，但没有可扩展性和可扩展性差的限制。 企业中介将允许多属性搜索和决策支持功能，使买方和供应商都有能力建立动态供应链，并充分利用这种额外的灵活性。交易系统将通过降低交易成本、提高制造效率、改善业务流程等方式为参与者带来价值。

This grant provides funding for the development of decision support technologies for e-market intermediaries. The Phase I focus will be on an intermediary model that matches a given set of demands to a set of supplies, e.g., to inventory or capacity across a set of production facilities. Four primary tasks will be required: (1) data representation specification (i.e. supply and demand); (2) intermediary architecture development; (3) matching algorithm development; and, (4) prototype implementation. Due to the Phase I time restrictions, these tasks will be initially adopted for the paper industry. The prototype will be based on an Internet application in order to ensure rapid implementation and easy demonstration. If successful, the primary benefit of this research will be the development of an enterprise approach that can achieve economies of scope attempted in ERP systems, but without the limitations of inflexibility and poor scalability. The enterprise intermediary will allow for multi-attribute search and decision support functionality that provides both the buyers and the suppliers with the ability to build dynamic supply chains and to make best use of this extra flexibility. The trading system will bring value to the participants by lowering the cost of transactions, improving manufacturing efficiency, and improving the business process.