SBIR Phase II: Workflows to Enable Agile Virtual Enterprises (WEAVE)

这个小企业创新研究（SBIR）第二阶段的项目，工作流，使敏捷虚拟企业（WEAVE），被设想为一个在线服务，以管理虚拟企业的工作流。第一阶段的可行性研究是在供应链管理中出现的虚拟企业的背景下进行的。 第二阶段将全面实施WEAVE，以便在电子商务环境中有效地建立和管理供应链。 传统的供应链是由少数长期供应商建立的，因为寻找和建立新的供应源的成本很高。 Web和各种遗留数据源提供了关于可能的供应源的丰富信息。但这些信息通常是动态的、非结构化的，需要手动发现。XSB公司开发了一种技术来推断供应商的能力，使制造商能够即时了解他们自己的供应链中的“谁制造了什么”，以及网络上成千上万的潜在供应商。WEAVE将实施这项技术来定位供应源。 这种定位零件来源的能力将与一个系统相结合，为用户的完整材料清单规划和管理采购战略。 使用WEAVE，中小型制造商可以快速创建与其企业相关的供应链。 从长远来看，WEAVE将成为建立点对点供应网络的基础设施。

This Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase II project, Workflows to Enable Agile Virtual Enterprises (WEAVE), is envisioned as an on-line service to manage workflow for virtual enterprises. Phase I feasibility was undertaken in the context of virtual enterprises that arise in supply chain management. Phase II will do full-scale implementation of WEAVE to efficiently establish and manage supply chains in an e-commerce environment. Traditional supply chains are built with a small number of long-term suppliers because of the high cost of finding and establishing new supply sources. The Web and a variety of legacy data sources provide abundant information about possible supply sources. But this information is often dynamic and unstructured requiring manual effort to discover. XSB, Inc has developed technology to infer supplier capabilities, giving manufacturers an instant view of 'who makes what' across their own supply chain as well as thousands of potential suppliers across the web. WEAVE will implement this technology to locate sources of supply. This ability to locate sources for parts will be integrated with a system to plan and manage purchasing strategies for a user's complete bill-of-materials. Using WEAVE small-to-medium manufacturers can quickly create supply chains that is relevant for their enterprise. In the long-term WEAVE will serve as the infrastructure for establishing a peer-to-peer supply network.