Developing a CALS/EC engine of the ELECTROPIA in Korea

The ELECTROPIA is a CALS/EC engine developed by the Korea CALS/EC Association composed of the government, several universities, and many small and big companies in Korea, in order to develop and procure standard-public-parts, support electronic commerce, and make use of Internet shopping mall and technical information owned in common. This paper will present what is the ELECTROPIA and it´s subsystems. The ELECTROPIA has four principal subsystems. The first subsystem is the Electronic Tendering System (ELECTROPIA-ETS) which assists those who want electronic transfer globally. The second is the Technical Information System (ELECTROPIA-TIS) which makes each company work together by owning technical information companies especially between small and big companies in Korea. The third is the Customer Service System (ELECTROPIA-CSS) which enables joint service to customers using an electronic manual among companies. Finally, the last one is the Electronic Shopping Plaza (ELECTROPIA-ESP) which provides a shopping mall to any companies whoever want to sell their products through the Internet.