Towards the Creation of a Digital Business Ecosystem for the Shoe Manufacturing Domain

Author

Chituc, Claudia-Melania ; Toscano, Cesar ; Azevedo, Americo

Author_Institution

Porto Univ., Porto

fYear

2007

fDate

21-23 Feb. 2007

Firstpage

88

Lastpage

93

Abstract

The digital business ecosystem paradigm emerged worldwide as an approach supporting the adoption and development of interoperable infrastructures among SMEs, supporting them to achieve their goals efficiently. The aim of this article is to present a novel three-layered approach towards the creation of a digital business ecosystem for the shoe manufacturing domain, following ebXML scenario and framework, and using open-source software. Relevant related works are also discussed, emphasizing the innovative aspects and advantages of this novel approach.

Keywords

XML; footwear industry; open systems; production engineering computing; public domain software; small-to-medium enterprises; SME; digital business ecosystem; ebXML scenario; interoperable infrastructures; open-source software; shoe manufacturing domain; Business communication; Collaborative work; Communications technology; Costs; Ecosystems; Environmental economics; Footwear industry; Manufacturing industries; Open source software; Production; business digital ecosystem; ebXML; infrastructure; interoperability; shoe manufacturing domain;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Digital EcoSystems and Technologies Conference, 2007. DEST '07. Inaugural IEEE-IES

Conference_Location

Cairns

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0470-3

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0470-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DEST.2007.371951

Filename

4233685