NDLI: An architecture for the virtual enterprise

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Barnett, W. Presley, A. Johnson, M. Liles, D.H.
Copyright Year	1994
Description	Author affiliation: Autom. & Robotics Res. Inst., Texas Univ., Arlington, TX, USA (Barnett, W.; Presley, A.; Johnson, M.; Liles, D.H.)
Abstract	This paper presents an architecture for the virtual enterprise based upon an object oriented business process modeling approach. The paper proposes that business processes naturally fall into three categories: 1) processes transform external constraints into an internal constraint structure that might be expressed at a system of objectives, policies, and procedures; 2) processes acquire and make ready resources used by the enterprise; and 3) processes (design, marketing, manufacturing, distribution) transform the family of inputs into the desired enterprise results or outputs (i.e. products). The business processes are in turn organized into an enterprise. The paper suggests that the virtual enterprise consists of a set of business processes from category (1) which are collectively owned by the virtual enterprise and a set of business processes from all three categories (1,2,3) which are owned by two or more individual enterprises, but used by both the individual enterprise and the agile or virtual enterprise. The agile enterprise temporarily disturbs but does not consume the individual enterprise.
Starting Page	506
Ending Page	511
File Size	748743
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0780321294
DOI	10.1109/ICSMC.1994.399890
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	1994-10-02
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Virtual enterprises Companies Robotics and automation Agile manufacturing Object oriented modeling Manufacturing processes Manufacturing industries Market opportunities Process design Government
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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