An Approach for Formalizing the Supply Chain Operations

Milan Zdravković (1) , Hervé Panetto (2) , Miroslav Trajanović (1) , Alexis Aubry (2)

1 LIPS - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Laboratory for Intelligent Production Systems
2 CRAN - Centre de Recherche en Automatique de Nancy

Reference models play an important role in the knowledge management of the various complex collaboration domains (such as Supply Chain Networks). However, they often show a lack of semantic precision and, they are sometimes incomplete. In this paper, we present an approach to overcome semantic inconsistencies and incompleteness of the Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) model and hence, improve its usefulness and expand the application domain. First, we describe a literal OWL specification of SCOR concepts (and related tools), built with the intention to preserve the original approach in the classification of process reference model entities and hence, to enable effectiveness of usage in original contexts. Next, we demonstrate the system for its exploitation, in specific - tools for SCOR framework browsing and rapid supply chain process configuration. Then, we describe the SCOR-FULL ontology, its relations with relevant domain ontology and show how it can be exploited for improvement of SCOR ontological framework competence. Finally, we elaborate the potential impact of the presented approach, to interoperability of systems in Supply Chain Networks.

Mots clés: Enterprise Information Systems (EIS); Supply Chain; Ontology; Inter-Enterprise Interoperation; Inter-Organizational Enterprise Systems

Domaines: Ingénierie assistée par ordinateur

Milan Zdravković, Hervé Panetto, Miroslav Trajanović, Alexis Aubry. An Approach for Formalizing the Supply Chain Operations. Enterprise Information Systems, 2011, 5 (4), pp.401-421. ⟨10.1080/17517575.2011.593104⟩. ⟨hal-00577040v2⟩