Business process integration as a solution to the implementation of supply chain management systems

  • Authors:

  • Takashi Kobayashi;Masato Tamaki;Norihisa Komoda

  • Affiliations:

  • Business Solution Systems Division, Hitachi Ltd., 890 Kashimada, Saiwai, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 212-8567, Japan;Business Solution Systems Division, Hitachi Ltd., 890 Kashimada, Saiwai, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 212-8567, Japan;Department of Multimedia Engineering, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan

  • Venue:
  • Information and Management
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

In the domain of supply chain management (SCM), various software packages have been developed for planning business strategies. To solve the problem of system productivity in applying planning packages, we propose a solution concept, business process integration (BPI), which fuses workflow and enterprise application integration (EAI) technology. Two characteristic policies are included in BPI. The first is to design the minimum set of business processes for real-time information sharing with planning packages without changing other processes. The second is to integrate several systems with EAI technology and to manage their execution with a workflow tool. Based on these policies, we propose various design templates and integration adapters. Our evaluation shows that using BPI, a target system can be developed with less manpower, in less time, and with higher quality than previous methods.