- Section 2.10: Technologies
and Infrastructures
Matching ecommerce Platform Services
with Business Models
B. Holtkamp, R. Gartmann
Architectures and Methods for Information
Systems Promoting Co-operation and Innovative Business Processes
in Enterprise Networks
J.P. Sousa, A.L. Soares, C. Toscano, A. L. Azevedo
A Plug and Play WEB-Enabled Solution
for Supporting Small Hauliers Collaboration
F. Gollini
ConnectKey.com: The Use of Open Source
Technologies to Provide Cost Effective Services for eBusiness
to SMEs
M. Ó Foghlcú
An Architectural Framework for Virtual
Enterprise Engineering
A. Zwegers, M. Hannus, M. Tølle, J. Gijsen, R. van den
Berg
An ICT Platform for Supporting Virtual
Enterprises of SMEs
G. Bonini, F. Bonfatti, P.D. Monari
- Conceptual
Model of Information Navigation in Networked Organisations
N. Brehmer, J. Martinetz
SMEs and the Implementation of Information
Systems: How to Succeed
I. Karvonen
e-Industrial Services - Value-Added Services
from the Socket
W. Sihn, T.-D. Graupner
Intelligent Agenda: A Basic Tool to Improve
Efficiency in eBusiness Environments
I. Goirizelaia, J. Unzilla, A. Ferro, C. Perfecto
Matching
ecommerce Platform Services with Business Models
Bernhard HOLTKAMP,
Rudiger GARTMANN
Fraunhofer Institut fur Software- und Systemtechnik ISST, Dortmund
P.0 Box 520130, D-44207 Dortmund
In this paper we outline an
approach for combining business models into an overall business
model, based on a cost-benefit analysis. The overall business
model constituents are then mapped onto eCommerce platform components.
Thus, we can determine contribution margins for individual or
bundlings of eCommerce components. That provides a basis for
forecasting and controlling the success of these services. Using
the business model of the GeoMarkt.NRW B2B marketplace for geospatial
information as an example we illustrate the approach.
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Architectures
and Methods for Information Systems Promoting Co-operation and
Innovative Business Processes in Enterprise Networks
Jorge P. SOUSA, Antonio
L. SOARES, Cesar TOSCANO, Americo L. AZEVEDO
INESC Porto, R. Josh Falcao 110, 4050-315 Porto, Portugal
This paper presents research
work on architectures and analysis methods for information systems
implementation in networks of enterprises. First, the context
of this work is presented, focusing on the relevant business
processes of a semi-conductor manufacturing supply chain. Then,
the general functionality of an important business solution focusing
on the particular case of order change acceptance is presented.
An agent based architecture supporting this business solution
is outlined, emphasising the agent framework and architecture.
Finally, an analysis method based on social actor networks for
the detailed requirements analysis is delineated.
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A
Plug and Play WEB-Enabled Solution for Supporting Small Hauliers
Collaboration
Fabio GOLLINI
Democenter, viale Virgilio 55, 41100 Modena Italy
Small hauliers enterprises
are ever more requested to work with very fragmented freights
that have to be delivered in a continuously decreasing time.
Besides, their monitoring capabilities are not compliant with
the market requests, that asks for continuous freight updates.
Small hauliers are still not able to efficiently monitor their
trucks and to organise their freights so that it is possible
to optimise the load composition, reducing costs and increasing
quality. Thus, it seems to be necessary a certain degree of collaboration
with other small hauliers in order to gain the necessary business
competitiveness. We here describe a "Virtual Fleet"
WEB based service where small and independent hauliers share
some resources (trucks) in order to reduce time wastes and costs.
They can asks for goods delivery or declare their free resources
to the Virtual Fleet. A WWW site collects the requests/declaration
and computes the optimal plan to be proposed to the Virtual Fleet
and negotiated among hauliers.
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ConnectKey.com:
The Use of Open Source Technologies to Provide Cost Effective
Services for eBusiness to SMEs
Micheal O' FOGHLU
Telecommunications Software & Systems Group (TSSG), Watford
Institute of Technology (WIT), Cork Road, Waterford, IRELAND
The emergence of Linux as an
open source operating system for business use over the past decade,
and of the WWW as a platform for distributed applications development,
has led to the availability of a complete software environment
which is open source, and yet robust enough to allow the development
of on-line services for SMEs. This paper analyses the various
open source options available, and explores the experience of
ConnectKey.com in offering a subset of these to Irish SMEs. This
NITOVRA II project was funded under EU TEN-Telecom.
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An
Architectural Framework for Virtual Enterprise Engineering
Arian ZWEGERS(1), Matti
HANNUS(2), Martin TOLLE(3), Jeroen GIJSEN(1), Roe1 VAN DEN BERG(1)
(1) Baan Development, Baron van Nagellstraat 89, 3771 LK Barneveld,
Netherlands
(2) VTT Building Technology, P.0. Box 1801, Espoo, Finland
(3) Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark
Enterprises co-operate more
extensively with other enterprises during the entire product
life cycle. Temporary alliances between various enterprises emerge
such as those in virtual enterprises. However, many enterprises
experience difficulties in the formation and operation of virtual
enterprises, especially concerning integration issues. This paper
aims to lay down an architectural framework to support the set-up
and operation of virtual enterprises. It supports virtual enterprise
engineering. The framework might also be used to identify and
position issues that play a role in the set-up and operation
of virtual enterprises. As such, it is useful to classify research
projects on virtual enterprises as well.
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An
ICT Platform for Supporting Virtual Enterprises of SMEs
Giordana Bonini(1),
Flavio Bonfatti(2), Paola Daniela Monarir(2)
(1) Democenter, viale Virgilio 55, 41100 Modeno, Italy
(2) Dept. of Engineering Sciences University of Modeno and Reggio
Emilia (Modena), Italy
The paper aims to present the
ICT requirements to design and implement a SW platform able to
put very small enterprises with high collaboration potentialities
in a position to constitute Virtual Enterprises able to compete
in a market context with bigger enterprises. These requirements
have been collected and formalised during the first part of the
IST-1999-20276 PROVE-SME project (EU funded best practice project).
The project analyses three different real cases of VE deriving
the ICT architecture requirements: COXA-VE (Italy) working in
the packaging field, ETA-VE (Italy) operating in the plan automation
sector and CORMA-VE (Spain) producing and distributing ornamental
plants. Some parameters for gauging benefits for evaluating and
validating the benefits of the new ICT architecture that will
be adopted and experimented with the three VEs involved in the
project.
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Conceptual
Model of Information Navigation in Networked Organisations
Nick BREHMER, Jorg
MARTINEZ
Fraunhofer-Institute for Factory Operation and Automation, IFF
Sandtorstrasse 22, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany
In January 2001, ADRENALIN
project started working in the "Information Society Technology
(IST)" programme of the European Community. This paper describes
the first results of the ADRENALIN project. The vision of the
ADRENALIN project it to open a new field for the Fractal Company
concept in networked organisations based on a modular and adaptive
architecture and innovative information technologies. The resulting
ADRENALIN Company framework will enable a market and opportunity
driven reconfiguration of the supply chain. ADRENALIN project
aims at contributing to the development of real benefits in networked
organisations in the context of globalisation and co-operation
demands and efforts of European SMEs in order to guarantee competitiveness
on international level. It deals with multi-party SCM in networked
enterprises. The problem tackled within this project is the function-orientation
that the members of a networked enterprise currently show, that
disables them from developing real benefits from this organisational
structure.
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SMEs
and the Implementation of Information Systems: How to Succeed
Iris KARVONEN
VTT Automation, PO Box 1301, FIN-02044 VTT, Finland
The paper analyses the problems
faced by SMEs in utilising IT to support manufacturing processes.
Implementation of new technologies has caused many SMEs unexpected
costs, the start-up has been delayed and the performance of operations
has experienced at least a temporary loss. This experience may
hold back the willingness to advance in digitising the processes.
To promote the profitable utilisation of information technology
in SMEs a research program called HANSKA has been started in
Finland. As technology alone does not guarantee the benefit achieved
in taking e-Business or other IT-support into use the focus in
this project is the implementation process. It plays a significant
role in achieving the objectives. The research approaches the
implementation process from two perspectives: software providers
and SME end-users. In the implementation projects the goals,
views, language and culture of these parties are often different,
even conflicting. The paper describes results from analysis of
the problems and the identification of development needs. As
the approach of ASP (Application Software Provider) - services
has been presented as a solution to facilitate the utilisation
of IT solutions, it is assessed based on the findings in the
analysis.
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e-Industrial
Services - Value-Added Services from the Socket
Wilfried Sihn, Tom-David
Graupner
Fraunhofer-Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation
(IPA), Nobelstr. 12, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
The producing sector experiences
the changes from a nationally oriented industrial society to
a globally operating information society. In the face of the
predominantly negative sales development in mechanical and plant
engineering, the marketing of services is a chance for manufacturers
to compensate for the inactive core business. In the future,
combined solutions with life cycle accompanying services will
be offered by the manufacturers. Application solution providing
(ASP) is one possible form of value-added services. Via nets
it offers software solutions for rent. With its service platform,
the Fraunhofer Association e-Industrial Services has created
a portal, which allows the achievement of additional services
via the Internet.
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Intelligent
Agenda: A Basic Tool to Improve Efficiency in eBusiness Environments
Inaki Goirizelaia,
Juanio Unzilla, Armando Ferro, Cristina Perfecto
Telematic Engineering Area, Department of Electronics and Telecommunications,
School of Engineering of Bilbao. University of the Basque Country,
Alda, Urquijo S/N. 48013 Bilbao, Spain
This paper describes the development
of a general purpose web-based activity and time management tool
specifically aimed to satisfy necessities associated with asynchronous
activities that one can find in eBusiness environments. Therefore,
this intelligent agenda will take as input all of the processes
related to the eBusiness activity and as a result, it will provide
a suitable timetable to accomplishing different tasks. As the
number of tasks grows the difficulties to organise them increase,
and at that point, a faulty or too loose distribution may result
in a non-optimised schedule; the problem becomes critical when
dealing with virtual clients and with expire time products. It
is important to remark that, as different users have different
needs, the manager will have to be able to combine related requirements
and display dynamic and interactive solutions, thus exceeding
the capabilities of a mere traditional electronic diary.
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