Agent-based workflow approach to the design and development of cross-enterprise information systems

Author

Xu, Qi ; Qiu, Robin ; Xu, Fuyuan

Author_Institution

Comput. Center, Ningxia Univ., Yinchuan, China

Volume

3

fYear

2003

fDate

5-8 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

2633

Abstract

In today´s highly dynamic business environment the realization of high performance of a contemporary supply chain would not only ensure individual production entities with a needed operational efficiency, but also make the whole chain realize truly value adding and the promised synergy: high on-time delivery rates, short production lead-time, and cost-effective business operations. This article proposed a new framework in support of various levels coordination across enterprises by taking advantage of workflow automation and software agent technologies. Event-driven modeling and effective interactivity are proposed for the execution of coordinative tasks.

Keywords

information systems; multi-agent systems; software agents; supply chain management; workflow management software; agent based workflow; cost effective business operations; cross enterprise information systems; dynamic business environment; event driven modeling; on-time delivery rates; operational efficiency; short production lead time; software agent technology; supply chain; workflow automation; Automation; Environmental management; Information management; Information systems; Management information systems; Production systems; Supply chain management; Supply chains; Technology management; Workflow management software;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2003. IEEE International Conference on

ISSN

1062-922X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7952-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC.2003.1244281

Filename

1244281