07_iSURF - Drissi

October 10, 2008 Swiss ICT Summit

iSURF: An Interoperability Service Utility for

Collaborative Supply Chain Planning across

Multiple Domains Supported by RFID Devices

Swiss ICT Summit, Lugano October 10th 2008

Samia Drissi

Fraunhofer IPA

Swiss ICT Summit, Lugano October 10th 2008

Samia Drissi

Fraunhofer IPA


Agenda

� iSURF General Conditions

� Intro iSURF

� iSURF Approach


iSURF Project

� Consortium

� FP7 Objective ICT-2007-1.3: ICT in support of the netw. enterprise

� Project Officer: Cristina Martinez

� Duration: 30 Months, Start: 01/02/2008

� iSURF Contact Details:

� Prof. Dr. Asuman Dogac, Coordinator, [email protected]

� http://www.srdc.com.tr/isurf


Call Main Objectives

1. SMEs, should be more agile, self-sustainable and responsiveto the changes in the supply networks

2. The supply chain partners should collaborate more effectively realizing the “the Network is the Business” vision

3. The distributed intelligence of multiple trading partners needs to be collaboratively exploited in real time by the supply chain

4. The knowledge-oriented interoperability between supply chain partners for planning & forecast


Call Main Addressed Questions

1. Do the European companies especially SMEs have the necessary infrastructure ready to collect the real-time supply chain visibilitydata?

2. Are supply chain collaboration processes ready to be deployed in integration to existing enterprise legacy systems?

3. Is there a standard representation model for exchanging planning data across multiple domains?

4. Do we have necessary infrastructure to enable dynamic transient supply chain relationships to let the European SMEs be agile and ready to react changing requirements of the supply chain?


iSURF Main Idea

iSURF will provide:

� an open source platform in order to:

� foster the involvement of the SMEs in the collaborative planning process

� adopt a supply chain visibility strategy through its open source Smart Product Infrastructure


iSURF Main Featuresuc Primary Use Cases

iSURF

Realize a Knowledge-

Oriented Inter-Enterprise

Collaboration

Environment

Legacy Application

Develop a Semantic

Interoperability Service

Utility

Provide an Open

Source Smart Product

Infrastructure

Enable the Definition and

Execution of Inter-Enterprise

Collaboration

Provide a Transitory

Collaboration Service Utility

Provide a Global Data

Synchronization Service

Utility

Enable the

Communication with the

Underlying Legacy

Applications

Ensure the Security

and privacy

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iSURF Architecture


iSURF Component 1


iSURF open Smart Product Infrastructure for SMEs

� An open architecture to enable SMEs to acquire the supply chain visibility information in real time from the distributed RFID devices

� Gathering product information through RFID devices

� Filtering and aggregating the collected data to put them into a business context

� Sharing of supply chain visibility information among other supply chain partners

!! Built-in security and privacy mechanisms


iSURF open Smart Product Infrastructure for SMEs


iSURF Component 2


iSURF Service Oriented Collaborative Supply

Chain Planning Process Definition and Execution Platform

� Collaborative Planning, Forecast and Replenishment (CPFR)Guidelines

� A reference model providing a general framework for the collaborative aspects of planning, forecasting and replenishmentprocesses

� formalizes the processes between two trading partners used to agree upon a joint plan and forecast, monitor successthrough replenishment, and recognize and respond to any exceptions

� Regularizes efficient exchange of forecast data


iSURF Service Oriented Collaborative Supply


� iSURF will provide:

� A Service Oriented, Open Platform for the definition and execution of n-tier planning process

� The building blocks of the planning process will be defined as machine processable definitions in OASIS ebBP standardand through the tools provided

� The supply chain partners will be able

� To create the whole process in terms of these building blocks

� To configure the building blocks to manage the integration with the underlying intra-enterprise planning processes


Basics of iSURF Service Oriented Collaborative Supply


Binary planning processTemplates in ebBP



Building Blocks of CPFR

Process in ebBP


iSURF Component 3


iSURF Semantic Interoperability Service Utility

� When companies involving in more than one supply chain need to exchange this planning information across multiple domains

�we face an interoperability problem to be addressed



� iSURF Interoperability Service Utility

� Facilitate the semantic mediation of the exchanged planning and forecasting messages conforming to different standards



� Will be based on � UN/Cefact Core Components Technical Specification

� Will enable customization of planning messages represented in CCTS methodology to different industry domains

� The customizations will be represented through a “Component Ontology” supported with domain specific ontologies derived from industry standards

� This representation will be used to automatically derive the mapping relationships� To automatically mediate the message instances represented in

different customizations to one another by reasoning over the ontologies


Methodology

Source XML

Instance

Source OWL

Instance

DATA LEVEL KNOWLEDGE LEVEL

Reasoner

Instance

Classification

OWL Instance

conforming to

Merged

Ontology

DATA LEVEL

NDR of

Target Spec.

Target XML

Instance


iSURF Component 4


iSURF Global Data Synchronization and Transitory


� A Global Data Synchronization Network (GDSN) will be developed

� A network that connects data pools, which are regional sources of manufacturer and retailer data, to the GS1 Global Registry

� Data is standardized and synchronized for trading partners on a near real-time basis


iSURF Global Data Synchronization and Transitory


� A Transitory Collaboration Service Utility to

� Facilitate establishing transitory supply chain planning collaborations in case of exceptions

� Allow the registration, discovery and negotiation of partner’s current trade interests and availability information and their reputation in trusted relationships

� Trading partners can dynamically discover matching trading partners for a specific need within a trusted environment


Components Interaction

Collaborative Business Process

Design Toolcc



Enables SMEs to

graphically design

their CPFR Process

Collaboration

Business

Process in ebBP

SOA based Legacy Migration Tool

ERP

APS

VMI

Interoperability Service Utility

GS1

OAGIS

Proprietary

GDSSU and Transitory

Collaboration

Retailers

Manufacturers

Distributors

ConfiguresConfigures

Configures

Enables integration

with Legacy

Systems

Enables consumption

of diverse message

standards

Enhanced exception

Handling

Collaborative Business Process

Execution &Monitoring Tool

Creates multiple

executable BPEL

Definition


iSURF Challenges

? Do the European companies especially SMEs have the necessary infrastructure ready to collect the real-time supply chain visibility data� iSURF open Smart product Infrastructure

? Are supply chain collaboration processes ready to be deployed in integration to existing enterprise legacy systems? � iSURF Service Oriented Collaborative Supply Chain Planning

Process Definition and Execution Platform

? Is there a standard representation model for exchanging planning data across multiple domains?� iSURF Semantic Interoperability Service Utility

? Do we have necessary infrastructure to enable dynamic transientsupply chain relationships to let the European SMEs be agile andready to react changing requirements of the supply chain?� iSURF Global Data Synchronization and Transitory Collaboration

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Thank you for your attention!

Dipl. -Inf. Samia Drissi

Tel.: +49 (0)711 970-1186

email: [email protected]

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