Simulating process orchestrations in business networks: a case using BPEL4WS

Authors:
Tamrat W. Tewoldeberhan;Alexander Verbraeck;Simon S. Msanjila
Affiliations:
Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands;Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands;University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Venue:
ICEC '05 Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Electronic commerce
Year:
2005

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Abstract

The world today is witnessing a growing interest in conducting supply chain business processes electronically. Different supporting technologies are emerging, and many are already available on the market. The adoption of these technologies is hampered by the fact that organizations demand that their data and inner business processes remain hidden. Recent research and innovations have shown that Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) and Web Services can address the major issues encountered in complex supply chains. Yet one of the main challenges that still exist is efficient and effective orchestration of the variety of Web Services in the supply chain. This paper presents a simulation-based approach to improve orchestration of supply chain business processes. The approach is described by using the de facto business process specification standard for web services i.e., Business Process Execution Language for Web Service (BPEL4WS). A fictitious but realistic end-to-end supply chain case study is used to demonstrate and evaluate the approach.