A framework for virtual enterprise operation management

  • Authors:

  • Hongmei Gou;Biqing Huang;Wenhuang Liu;Xiu Li

  • Affiliations:

  • Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China;Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China;Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China;Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China

  • Venue:
  • Computers in Industry
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

This paper presents researches on operation management for virtual enterprises (VEs). A virtual enterprise is a temporary alliance of member enterprises (MEs) formed to exploit fast-changing opportunities. During the operation of a virtual enterprise, its constituent member enterprises, which are geographically distributed and organizationally independent, collaborate with each other to execute the whole business process (BP) of the virtual enterprise. With the aim of addressing business integration for virtual enterprises, this paper develops a framework for virtual enterprise operation management. From the viewpoint of business processes, carried out is integral research on business process modeling, analyzing, and managing for virtual enterprises. Both the distributed business process model and the model of the virtual enterprise itself are established. The former provides the functional basis of the virtual enterprise operation, while the latter provides its structural basis. Further, the two models are integrated through the loading from the distributed business process model to the virtual enterprise model. Through such model separation and integration, business process management for virtual enterprises is enacted and business integration for virtual enterprises is achieved.