Agile Virtual Enterprises: Implementation and Management Support

✍ Scribed by Goran Putnik Goran D. Putnik

• Publisher: Idea Group Pub
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 403
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Agile/virtual enterprise (A/VE) is seen as a new and most advanced organizational paradigm, and is expected to serve as a vehicle towards a seamless perfect alignment of the enterprise within the market. Agile Virtual Enterprises: Implementation and Management Support addresses A/VE as a highly dynamic, reconfigurable agile network of independent enterprises sharing all resources, including knowledge, market, and customers; using specific organizational architectures that introduce the enterprises true virtual environments.

✦ Table of Contents

Title Page......Page 1
Table of Contents......Page 4
Preface......Page 8
Organization of This Book......Page 12
Expectations......Page 16
References......Page 17
Endnotes......Page 18
Section I
Business Requirements
and Virtual Enterprise
Model Needs......Page 21
Introduction......Page 22
The Enterprises and the Market......Page 23
Inter-Firm Collaboration......Page 24
The fiMake-or-Buyfl Decision......Page 25
Transaction Costs Economics......Page 27
Contractualization......Page 28
The Actual Economical Context......Page 29
Evolution of Product Life Cycle......Page 30
The Example of the Automotive Industry......Page 31
Need for New Organizational Models and Need for Business Alignment......Page 33
Requirements for Competitiveness......Page 34
Business Alignment and Reconfigurability......Page 38
References......Page 39
Endnotes......Page 45
The Emergence of the Virtual Enterprise as an Organizational Concept......Page 47
Supply Chain Management......Page 51
The Extended Enterprise......Page 53
The Agile Enterprise/ Manufacturing Model......Page 54
The Virtual Enterprise/ Organization Approach......Page 57
One Product Integrated Manufacturing......Page 64
Reference Models......Page 66
Requirements for BM_VEARM......Page 67
Integratibility......Page 69
Distributivity......Page 71
Agility......Page 74
Virtuality......Page 78
BM_VEARM Structure......Page 81
The Virtual Enterprise Laboratory Demonstrator Based on BM_VEARM......Page 83
Summary......Page 85
References......Page 93
Endnotes......Page 101
Introduction......Page 102
BM_VE Organization......Page 103
Canonical Structure......Page 106
Non-Canonical Structure......Page 108
Structural Dynamics or Reconfigurability......Page 109
External Environment as BM_VE Implementation and Management Enabler: The Market of Resources......Page 112
Consequence 2......Page 113
Consequence 3......Page 117
Summary......Page 118
Endnote......Page 119
Introduction......Page 120
Requirements for the Agile/Virtual Enterprise Model......Page 121
Reconfigurability Dynamics in Agile/Virtual Enterprise Integration......Page 122
Basic and Complex Resources......Page 123
Selection Complexity and Solution Space Dimension......Page 125
Selection of Resources Providers to Supply k Resources......Page 126
Analyzing the Solution Space Dimensions for Basic and Complex Resources......Page 127
An Example in the Automotive Industry......Page 128
Dynamics Parameters......Page 129
Reconfiguration Time......Page 130
Reconfigurability Dynamics......Page 131
Business Alignment in Agile/Virtual Enterprise Integration......Page 132
Market Alignment......Page 135
Resources Providers Alignment......Page 136
Virtual Enterprise Brokerage......Page 137
Trust in the Agile/Virtual Enterprise Model......Page 139
Electronic Contractualization......Page 140
Enterprise (Dynamic) Integration and Information Integration......Page 141
Finding the Right Resources Providers......Page 142
The Broker Knowledge Base......Page 143
Historic Information on Participants Performance......Page 144
The Virtual Enterprise Life Cycle......Page 145
The Agile/Virtual Enterprise Extended Life Cycle......Page 146
Summary......Page 148
References......Page 149
Section II
Functional or
Activity-Based Model
of the Market of Resources......Page 153
Introduction......Page 154
The Market of Resources Concept......Page 155
Technical Requirements for the Market of Resources......Page 158
Summary......Page 161
Endnote......Page 163
Introduction......Page 164
Impact of the New Information and Communication Technologies......Page 165
Internet......Page 168
Agent Technologies......Page 169
Information and Communication Technology Applications......Page 171
Electronic Commerce and Electronic Business......Page 172
Electronic Marketplaces......Page 173
Electronic Marketplaces Definition......Page 174
Electronic Marketplaces Classification......Page 175
Examples of Electronic Marketplaces......Page 182
Brokerage and Intermediation Strategies......Page 192
Electronic Negotiation......Page 194
Electronic Contracts......Page 195
Tele-Operation......Page 197
E-Business Standards......Page 199
Web Services......Page 201
Summary......Page 202
References......Page 203
Endnotes......Page 210
Introduction......Page 212
How Traditional Tools Support Agile/Virtual Enterprise Integration......Page 213
Costs of Subcontracting......Page 215
Transaction Costs......Page 216
Traditional E-Based A/VE Integration: Main Activities......Page 217
Independent Selection Model......Page 219
The Cost-and-Effort Model......Page 222
Search and Selection of 1 Resource Using Independent Selection Model......Page 224
Search and Selection of K Resources Using Independent Selection Model......Page 225
Search and Selection of K Resources Using Dependent Selection Model......Page 226
References......Page 228
Endnote......Page 229
Introduction......Page 230
A Methodology for the Functional Specification......Page 231
The IDEF Method......Page 234
The IDEF0 Approach......Page 236
The IDEF1x Approach......Page 237
The Design: IDEF Tool......Page 238
Global Structure of the Market of Resources......Page 239
Global Process Structure of the Market of Resources......Page 240
The Market of Resources Entities and Relationships......Page 244
Agile/Virtual Enterprise Design and Integration......Page 246
Resources Providers Selection......Page 248
Why to Create Focused Domains and Focused Markets......Page 250
Market of Resources Regulation......Page 252
Scope of the Regulation......Page 253
Definitions......Page 254
Process A.1.1. — Market of Resources Definition......Page 259
Process A.1.3. — Search Patterns and Focused-Market Identification......Page 262
Process A.1.4. — Market of Resources Operation......Page 263
Process A.1.5. — Brokerage Maintenance......Page 267
Brokerage Regulation......Page 268
Resources Providers Regulation......Page 272
A/VE Owner Regulation......Page 275
Patterns for Search and Identification of Focused Markets......Page 277
Request for A/VE Creation / Reconfiguration / Dissolution......Page 281
Negotiation and Selection in the Market of Resources......Page 282
Contractualisation in the Market of Resources......Page 285
Selection and Negotiation......Page 288
A/VE Operation Management......Page 290
Taxation......Page 291
Duties / Obligations of the Market of Resources......Page 292
Protections of the Market of Resources......Page 294
Data Architecture to Support the Market of Resources......Page 295
A/VE Integration: Main Activities......Page 298
Influence of the Selection Models......Page 301
Independent Selection Model......Page 302
The Cost-and-Effort Model......Page 303
Search and Selection of 1 Resource Using Independent Selection Model......Page 306
Resources Using Independent Selection Model......Page 307
Resources Using Dependent Selection Model......Page 308
References......Page 310
Endnotes......Page 313
Introduction......Page 315
Ariba......Page 316
Commerce One......Page 317
Oracle Corporation......Page 318
How Does the Available Technology Support the Functionalities of the Market of Resources?......Page 320
Resources Provider Registration......Page 321
Client Request for A/VE Creation......Page 323
Summary......Page 327
Reference......Page 328
Introduction......Page 330
Cost Drivers......Page 331
The Cost-and-Effort Models......Page 335
Expected Results......Page 338
Objective of Reconfigurability Dynamics Analysis......Page 341
The Case to Support the Validation......Page 343
Market of Resources Versus Traditional Internet-Based Search and Selection: Determination of Time Constants......Page 344
Using of the Traditional Internet-Based Way......Page 345
Search for Infrared Sensors Manufacturers Using Yahoo......Page 346
Search for Infrared Sensors Manufacturers Using GOOGLE......Page 348
Search for Infrared Sensors Manufacturers Using Global Sources......Page 349
Using the Market of Resources......Page 350
Comparative Study on Performance......Page 351
Search and Selection of K Resources Using Independent Selection Model......Page 352
Search and Selection of K Resources Using Dependent Selection Model......Page 359
Domain of Opportunities for the Market of Resources......Page 364
Summary......Page 367
Endnotes......Page 368
Introduction......Page 369
E-Marketplaces: Past, Present and Future......Page 370
Why Did Some Public Marketplaces Fail?......Page 373
Research Forecasts on Internet B2B Transactions......Page 374
E-Business Hype Cycle......Page 375
Market of Resources: A SWOT Analysis......Page 377
Strengths......Page 378
Performance Evaluation of the A/VE Participants......Page 379
Difficulty in Expressing the Resources Characteristics......Page 380
Opportunities......Page 381
Investment in Information and Communication Technology......Page 382
Technology Accessibility to Small & Medium-Sized Enterprises......Page 383
Emerging Services/Concurrency......Page 384
Resources Providers......Page 385
Clients......Page 386
Opportunities and Benefits to Resources Providers......Page 388
Opportunities and Benefits to Brokers......Page 389
Conclusions and Future Trends......Page 390
References......Page 391
Endnotes......Page 393
About the Authors......Page 395
Index......Page 397