A P2P-BASED INFRASTRUCTURE FOR VIRTUAL-ENTERPRISE’S SUPPLY-CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Loris Penserini, Luca Spalazzi, Maurizio Panti

2004

Abstract

This paper proposes and describes a prototype of a peer-to-peer based infrastructure to support virtual enterprise’s supply chain management. Because of a virtual enterprise is composed of autonomous, distributed, and continuously evolving entities, we have naturally modelled each business entity like a peer’s agent platform that can play several roles according to the task to be fulfilled. To this end, we describe and apply such roles, required to the organizational architecture, into a virtual storehouse scenario.

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Penserini L., Spalazzi L. and Panti M. (2004). A P2P-BASED INFRASTRUCTURE FOR VIRTUAL-ENTERPRISE’S SUPPLY-CHAIN MANAGEMENT . In Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 4: ICEIS, ISBN 972-8865-00-7, pages 316-321. DOI: 10.5220/0002612003160321


in Bibtex Style

@conference{iceis04,
author={Loris Penserini and Luca Spalazzi and Maurizio Panti},
title={A P2P-BASED INFRASTRUCTURE FOR VIRTUAL-ENTERPRISE’S SUPPLY-CHAIN MANAGEMENT},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 4: ICEIS,},
year={2004},
pages={316-321},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002612003160321},
isbn={972-8865-00-7},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 4: ICEIS,
TI - A P2P-BASED INFRASTRUCTURE FOR VIRTUAL-ENTERPRISE’S SUPPLY-CHAIN MANAGEMENT
SN - 972-8865-00-7
AU - Penserini L.
AU - Spalazzi L.
AU - Panti M.
PY - 2004
SP - 316
EP - 321
DO - 10.5220/0002612003160321