ARDIN extension for virtual enterprise integration

  • Authors:
  • Ricardo Chalmeta;Reyes Grangel

  • Affiliations:
  • Grupo IRIS. Dpto. Lenguajes y Sistemas Informáticos, Universitat Jaume I, 12071 Campus Riu Sec s/n, Castellón, Spain;Grupo IRIS. Dpto. Lenguajes y Sistemas Informáticos, Universitat Jaume I, 12071 Campus Riu Sec s/n, Castellón, Spain

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Systems and Software
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

Virtual enterprise integration is the task of improving the performance of a temporary alliance of globally distributed independent enterprises that participate in the different phases of the life cycle of a product or service by efficiently managing the interactions among the participants. This is a very complex task that involves different approaches regarding technology, management and cultural elements. There are different proposals for enterprise integration (usually called Reference Architectures) that have been very useful in applications for a single-enterprise. However, they need to be adapted to support the new requirements that appear in virtual enterprise integration. This paper shows the modifications applied to ARDIN (Spanish acronyrn of Reference Architecture for INtegrated Development) to help in the design and management of an efficient and flexible virtual enterprise. The modifications are synthesized in a methodology, a set of reference models of best business practices, and in the design of a technological infrastructure.